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Early Developmental Risks

    Use this page to find Penn Child Research articles on early developmental risks. 

    Rouse, H.L, Fantuzzo, J.W., LeBoeuf, Whitney. (2011). Comprehensive challenges for the well-being of young children: a population-based study of publicly monitored risks in a large urban center. Child Youth Care Forum 40,(4) 281-302. doi: 10.1007/s10566-010-9138-y

    Fantuzzo, J. W., Bulotsky-Shearer, R. J., & McWayne, C. M. (2006). The pursuit of wellness for victims of child maltreatment: A model for targeting relevant competencies, contexts, and contributors. In J. R. Lutzker (Ed.), Preventing violence: Research and evidence-based intervention strategies. (pp. 69-91). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/11385-003

    Fantuzzo, J. W., DePaola, L. M., Lambert, L., Martino, T., Anderson, G., & Sutton, S. (1991). Effects of inter-parental violence on the psychological adjustment and competencies of young children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59(2), 258-265. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.59.2.258

    Fantuzzo, J. W., & Fusco, R. A. (2007). Children's direct exposure to types of domestic violence crime: A population-based investigation. Journal of Family Violence, 22(7), 543-552. doi:10.1007/s10896-007-9105-z

    Fantuzzo, J. W., Fusco, R. A., Mohr, W. K., & Perry, M. A. (2007). Domestic violence and children's presence: A population-based study of law enforcement surveillance of domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, 22(6), 331-340. doi:10.1007/s10896-007-9080-4

    Fantuzzo, J. W., & Mohr, W. K. (1999). Prevalence and effects of child exposure to domestic violence. The Future of Children.Special Issue: Domestic Violence and Children, 9(3), 21-32. doi:10.2307/1602779

    Fantuzzo, J. W., Rouse, H. L., McDermott, P. A., Sekino, Y., Childs, S., & Weiss, A. (2005). Early childhood experiences and kindergarten success: A population-based study of a large urban setting. School Psychology Review, 34(4), 571-588.

    Fantuzzo, J., Boruch, R., Beriama, A., & Atkins, M. (1997). Domestic violence and children: Prevalence and risk in five major U.S. cities. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(1), 116-122. doi:10.1097/00004583-199701000-00025

    Fantuzzo, J., & Fusco, R. (2007). Children's direct sensory exposure to substantiated domestic violence crimes. Violence and Victims, 22(2), 158-171. doi:10.1891/088667007780477375

    Fantuzzo, J., & Perlman, S. (2007). The unique impact of out-of-home placement and the mediating effects of child maltreatment and homelessness on early school success. Children and Youth Services Review, 29(7), 941-960. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.11.003

    Fusco, R. A., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2009). Domestic violence crimes and children: A population-based investigation of direct sensory exposure and the nature of involvement. Children and Youth Services Review, 31(2), 249-256. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.017

    McWayne, C. M., McDermott, P. A., Fantuzzo, J. W., & Culhane, D. P. (2007). Employing community data to investigate social and structural dimensions of urban neighborhoods: An early childhood education example. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39(1-2), 47-60. doi:10.1007/s10464-007-9098-z

    Mohr, W. K., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2000). The neglected variable of physiology in domestic violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.Special Issue: Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Current Issues in Research, Intervention, Prevention, and Policy Development, 3(1), 69-84. doi:10.1300/J146v03n01_06

    Mohr, W. K., Fantuzzo, J. W., & Abdul-Kabir, S. (2001). Safeguarding themselves and their children: Mothers share their strategies. Journal of Family Violence, 16(1), 75-92. doi:10.1023/A:1026580526895

    Mohr, W. K., Noone Lutz, M. J., Fantuzzo, J. W., & Perry, M. A. (2000). Children exposed to family violence: A review of empirical research from a developmental-ecological perspective. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1(3), 264-283. doi:10.1177/1524838000001003004

    Perlman, S. & Fantuzzo, J. (2010). Timing and influence of early experiences of child maltreatment and homelessness on children’s educational well-being. Children and Youth Services Review.

    Rouse, H. L., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2009). Multiple risks and educational well being: A population–based investigation of threats to early school success. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24(1), 1-14. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.12.001

    Weiss, A. D. G., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2001). Multivariate impact of health and caretaking risk factors on the school adjustment of first graders. Journal of Community Psychology, 29(2), 141-160. doi:10.1002/1520-6629(200103)29:2<141::AID-JCOP1010>3.0.CO;2-6