title: Defining verbal abuse of children: a survey.
abstract: 120 women and 31 men, mental health professionals and parents, rated 18 categories of parental verbalizations on acceptability in childrearing. There was general agreement (80%) that 10 categories of verbal behavior were never acceptable.
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychological Services, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D014705:Verbal Behavior