This review presents the results of a series of meta-analyses identifying the relative strength
of various risk factors for child physical abuse and neglect. Data from 155 studies examining …

Child maltreatment is a complex, insidious problem that, although predominant in
impoverished families (Pelton, 1978), cuts across all sectors of society. The American …

Critically examines the “violence breeds violence” hypothesis broadly defined. Organized
into seven sections, the literature review includes (a) the abuse breeds abuse hypothesis;(b) …

The notion of an average expectable environment for promoting normal development
proposes that there are species‐specific ranges of environmental conditions that elicit …

The study of child maltreatment has grown exponentially in the years since the identification
of the" battered child syndrome"(Kempe, Silverman, and Steele, 1962). In that time the area …

The ability to talk about the internal states (ISs) and feelings of self and other is an age-
appropriate development of late toddlerhood hypothesized to reflect toddlers' emergent self …

Risk status is generally attributed to individuals. However, relationships between individuals
can also be at risk for deterioration or termination. This can occur when the individuals are …

Throughout the past decade, a growing number of investigators have focused their
theoretical formulations and empirical research on the normal processes of ontogenesis in …

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the nature and extent of differences in the ways that physically
abusive, neglectful, and non-maltreating parents communicate during interactions with their …

This volume, made up of six “white papers” in six chapters, completes the initial phase of a
DSM-V planning process, which began in 1999. It is important to underscore that this work …