Comparison of abusive and nonabusive families with conduct-disordered children.
This study set out to define the relative contribution of psychological, sociological, and parent-child interactional variables in 19 abusive and 21 nonabusive families with conduct disordered children. Low family income and mother's report of having been abused as a child were found to be the most potent variables discriminating abusive from nonabusive families. Implications of the study findings are considered.
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002649:Child Abuse; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors