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In this paper the authors find a lower bound for the squared norm of the second fundamental form of a complete space-like hypersurface with constant mean curvature in a Lorentz space form. More precisely, the authors prove the following main result: Let \(N\) be an \((n+1)\)-dimensional Lorentz manifold, such that the sectional curvature \(K\) and the Riemannian curvature tensor \(R\) satisfy the conditions \(K(u, w)={{c_1}\over n}, K(u,v)\geq c_2\) and \(|\nabla R|\leq {{c_3}\over n},\) for any space-like vectors \(u, v\) and time-like vector \(w,\) where \(c_1, c_2,c_3\) are constants. If \(M\) is a complete non maximal space-like hypersurface of \(N\) with constant mean curvature \((h=\text{const.})\) which satisfies \(2nc_2 + c_1>0,\) then there exist a positive constant \(\alpha \) depending on \(c_1, c_2, c_3, h \) and \(n\), such that the squared norm \(h_2\) of the second fundamental form of \(M\) is greater than, or equal to \( -\alpha .\) As a consequence of this result the authors generalize some theorems due to \textit{Q. M. Cheng} and \textit{H. Nakagawa} [Hiroshima Math. J. 20, 1-10 (1990; Zbl 0711.53045)], \textit{H. Li} [Soochow J. Math. 23, 79-89 (1997; Zbl 0870.53048)] and \textit{S. Nishikawa} [Nagoya Math. J. 95, 117-124 (1984; Zbl 0534.53051)].