IntimatePartnerViolence,MaternalStress,Nativity, andRiskforMaternalMaltreatmentof YoungChildren

Catherine A. Taylor, PhD, MSW, MPH, Neil B. Guterman, PhD, MSW, Shawna J. Lee, PhD, MSW, MPP, and Paul J. Rathouz, PhDNearly 900000 cases of child maltreatmentweresubstantiatedintheUnitedStatesin2005;63% of these children were reported to bevictims of neglect and17% were reported to bevictims of physical abuse.