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Child Physical Abuse and Self-Perceived Social Isolation Among Adolescents

Gregory C. Elliott

Brown University

Susan M. Cunningham

College of the Holy Cross

Meadow Linder

University of Michigan

Melissa Colangelo

Brown University

Michelle Gross

Brown University

This research examines the connection between physical abuse and social isolation. Using data from the National Youth Survey, a measure of self-perceived social isolation was constructed indicating the extent to which respondents feel detached from their friends and from school. Those who had experienced violence were predicted to be more isolated than those who had not. Results strongly supported the hypothesis, controlling for theoretically relevant variables. Explanation is provided in terms of damage to attachment skills, social competence, and self-esteem concomitant to being a victim of abuse. Males were more socially isolated than females, and Hispanics more than Whites. Children with involved parents were less socially isolated; those whose parents experienced normlessness were more isolated. Children who recently experienced a stressful event or were from riskier neighborhoods were more isolated. The number of children in the family was positively related to isolation. Social isolation decreases between seventh and eighth grades.

Key Words: child abuse • social isolation

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 12, 1663-1684 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505281439
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