Title: 
Headings: 

 
 
Bulletin
 
for
professionAls
 

Risk
 
 
and
 
Protective


Risk
 
for
 
Child

Abuse
 
 
and
 
Neglect

Administration
 
for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families
Administration
 
on
 
Children,
 
Youth
 
and
 
Families
Children’s
 
Bureau
 

Common
 
protective
 
factors
 
for
 
Child
 
Abuse
 
and
 
neglect*
 

Child
 
protective
 
factors
 

social/environmental
 
risk
 
factors
 

parental/family
 
protective
 
factors
 

social/environmental
 	
protective
 
factors
 

references
 



Content: place
 
in
 
the
 
future
    
 
in
 
which
    
 
the
 
perpetrator
 
is
 
no
  
 
longer
  
 
present
  
 
(Mrazek
 
&
 
Mrazek,
 
1987). The
 
following
 
two
 
pages
 
summarize
 
common
 
risk
 
and
 
pr
otective
 
factors
 
for
 
child
 
abuse
 
and
 
Since
 
then,
 
researchers
 
have
 
continued
 
to
 
neglect. explore
 
why
 
certain
 
childr
en
 
with
 
risk
 
factors
 
become
 
victims
 
and
 
other
 
children
 
with
 
the
 
same
 
factors
 
do
 
not. What
 
are
 
the
 
factors
 
Common
 
risk
 
factors
 
that
 
appear
 
to
 
protect
 
children
 
from
 
the
 
risks
 
of
 
maltreatment? In
 
a
 
recent
 
overview
 
by
 
the
 
for
 
Child
 
Abuse
 
and
 
Family
 
Support
 
Network,
 
factors
 
that
 
may
 
protect
 
children
 
from
 
maltreatment
 
include
neglect*
child
 
factors,
 
parent
 
and
 
family
 
factors,
 
social
 
and
 
environmental
 
factors. Child
 
factors
 
that
Child
 
risk
 
factors
 
may
 
protect
 
children
 
include
 
good
 
health,
 
an
 
above-average
 
intelligence,
 
hobbies
 
or
-
 
inter
Premature
 
birth,
 
birth
 
anomalies,
 
low
 
birth
 
ests,
 
good
 
peer
 
relationships,
 
an
 
easy
 
temper
-
weight,
 
exposure
 
to
 
toxins
 
in
 
utero
 
ament,
 
a
 
positive
 
disposition,
 
an
 
active
 
coping
T
emperament: difficult
 
or
 
slow
 
to
 
war
m
 
up
 
Physical/cognitive/emotional
 
disability,
 
chronic
 
style,
 
positive
 
self-esteem,
 
good
 
social
 
skills,
 
an
 
inter
nal
 
locus
 
of
 
contr
ol,
 
and
 
a
 
balance
 
or
 
serious
 
illness
 
between
 
seeking
 
help
 
and
 
autonomy. Childhood
 
trauma
 
Anti-social
 
peer
oup
 
gr
Parent
 
and
 
family
 
protective
 
factors
 
that
 
may
Age
protect
 
childr
en
 
include
 
secure
 
attachment
 
Child
 
aggr
ession,
 
behavior
 
problems,
with
 
children,
 
parental
 
reconciliation
 
with
 
their
 
attention
 
deficits
 
own
 
childhood
 
history
 
of
 
abuse,
 
supportive
 
family
 
environment
 
including
 
those
 
with
 
two-
parental/family
 
risk
 
factors
 
parent
 
households,
 
household
 
rules
 
and
 
moni
-
Personality
 
Factors
 
toring
 
of
 
the
 
child,
 
extended
 
family
 
support,
 
External
 
locus
 
of
 
control
 
stable
elationship
 
r
 
with
 
par
ents,
 
family
 
Poor
 
impulse
 
control
 
expectations
 
of
 
pro-social
 
behavior,
 
and
 
high
 
Depression/anxiety
 
parental
 
education. Social
 
and
 
environmental
 
Low
 
tolerance
 
for
 
frustration
 
risk
 
factors
 
that
 
may
 
protect
 
children
 
include
 
Feelings
 
of
 
insecurity
 
middle
 
to
 
high
 
socioeconomic
 
status,
 
access
 
Lack
 
of
 
trust
 
to
 
health
 
care
 
and
 
social
 
services,
 
consistent
 
Insecure
 
attachment
 
with
 
own
 
parents
 
parental
 
employment,
 
adequate
 
housing,
 
Childhood
 
history
 
of
 
abuse
 
High
 
parental
 
conflict,
 
domestic
 
violence
 
Family
 
structure—single
 
parent
 
with
 
lack
 
of
 
support,
 
high
 
number
 
of
 
children
 
in
 
household
 
Social
Parental
ubstance
epar
 
 
isolation,
ti
 
 
psychop
n/d