Understanding the etiology of child abuse: A preliminary typology of cases

Kent, James T.; Weisberg, Herbert; Lamar, Bonnie; Marx, Thomas J.

doi:10.1016/0190-7409(83)90016-6

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“…Patterson (1980) has suggested that childrearing is stressful for mothers in normal families and that ineffective child management practices may produce feelings of anger, depression, and doubt in mothers. It is also possible that abusive parents may be prone to out-of-control anger episodes that may impair their child management skills (Kent, Weisberg, Lamar, & Marx, 1977). The present study sought to describe whether abusive and control parents differed in the kinds of affect they experience during disciplinary interventions.…”

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Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies in abusive and nonabusive families.

Trickett¹,

Kuczynski²

1986

Developmental Psychology

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Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies were investigated in families with abusive and nonabusive parents. Participants were 20 abusive families with children between the ages of 4 and 10. A matched control group of 20 families also participated. Parents were trained to report children's misbehaviors, parental disciplinary and affective reactions, and children's responses to discipline for 5 consecutive days. Abused children committed more transgressions of an aggressive nature and were more likely to oppose parental interventions than control children. Abusive parents used punitive disciplinary practices more frequently than control parents, who made more frequent use of reasoning techniques and simple commands. Abusive parents more often reported being angry and disgusted after disciplinary interventions. Finally, sequential analyses indicated that the type of discipline used by control parents depended on the type of child misbehavior. For abusive parents, punishment was the predominant type of discipline regardless of the types of child misbehavior. The findings were discussed in terms of coercion models of family interaction and in terms of internalization models of socialization.

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Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies in abusive and nonabusive families.

Trickett¹,

Kuczynski²

1986

Developmental Psychology

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121

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“…For example, one recent study suggested that there are at least four common patterns that reflect limited commonality. Among the four, the most serious abuse was associated with a pattern similar to the case described above: no history of abuse; rarely any alcohol or drug addiction; the abusing parent is under stress, and the victim is a younger child who is seen as overly passive or unresponsive (Kent et al, 1983).…”

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Capturing Expertise in Clinical Information Processing

Carlson¹

1989

Computers in Human Services

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Expert systems have been developed to allow those lacking in experience and/or knowled e base to benefit from the insights experts have developed. In mejcine, such systems have not lived up to initial expectations because of difficulty in moving beyond rules to reasoning. Expertise's primary benefit may be in broadening thinking rather than providing solutions. Social work can take advantage of this experience by placing more emphasis on identifying clusters of connected problems and on alternative interventions with demonstrated effectiveness. The impact should be a higher quality of assessment and intervention planning in social work practice.

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Typology for parents of abused children

Sloan

Meier

1983

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Understanding the etiology of child abuse: A preliminary typology of cases

Cited by 4 publications

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Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies in abusive and nonabusive families.

Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies in abusive and nonabusive families.

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Typology for parents of abused children

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