TY - RPRT
AU - Metcalf, Stacy
AU - Dickerson, Kelli L.
AU - Lavoie, Jennifer
AU - Quas, Jodi A.
PY - 2022
DA - August
TI - The COVID-19 pandemic and lay perceptions of poverty and neglect
EP - 263
VL - 46
IS - 4
DO - https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000491
AB - Objectives. In cases of child neglect, intervention depends on accurate identification and reporting. Prior work has shown that individuals, especially those of high socioeconomic status (SES), conflate poverty and neglect when making identification and reporting decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in people’s experiences with poverty, likely influencing their ability to distinguish poverty in families and neglectful parenting.
PB - American Psychological Association
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/db4639dd-c8bb-43c3-b081-fc08045d4b07
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Children, young people and families
KW - Poverty
ER