NCJ Number
37508
Journal
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume: 46 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 580-590
Date Published
1976
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER REVIEWS CURRENT LITERATURE ON CHILD ABUSE AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE CHILD IN ABUSE, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IDENTIFICATION OF PARTICULAR TYPES OF CHILDREN WHO MAY BE AT RISK.
Abstract
THE LITERATURE REVIEWED IN THIS PAPER WAS CURRENT AS OF FEBRUARY 1976 AND GENERALLY EMPHASIZED THE ROLE OF THE ABUSIVE PARENT. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WHO PRODUCE PARENTAL STRESS REACTIONS THAT COULD STIMULATE ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR ARE IDENTIFIED AS PREMATURITY, MENTAL RETARDATION, PHYSICAL HANDICAPS AND ILL HEALTH, THE CHILD' TEMPERAMENT CYCLES, AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE VICTIMIZED CHILD AS DIFFERENT.