Adolescent female firesetters.
A retrospective study of the charts of 13 female adolescent firesetters revealed severe family and individual pathology. The parents had a history of separation, violence, alcohol and/or drug abuse, and inability to take care of the children. The girls had a long history of serious behavioural problems. Four girls had set one fire, six had set several fires within a period of a few days, three had a long-standing history of setting fires. The girls showed a lack of remorse or concern for their behaviours.
University of Toronto, Ontario.
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Saunders
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Awad
D000293:Adolescent; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005391:Firesetting Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012931:Social Environment