To increase our understanding of parental cognitions associated with physical child abuse,
a social information processing model is described. Extant human information processing …

Reviews 20 studies comparing child-abusive and nonabusive parents on psychological and
behavioral dimensions to determine relevant distinctions between these populations …

Based on his studies of over 9,000 families, Murray A. Straus, the foremost researcher on
family violence in the world, discusses the extent to which parents in the United States use …

" Everyone knows that child abuse is morally wrong. David A. Wolfe goes beyond this to
explore how and why it affects the development of children. This is the story professionals …

Examined mother–child interactional patterns in an urban environment. Three groups of
mothers (n= 12/group) were included in the study:(a) Ss with a known history of child …

The literature on the long‐term sequelae of sexual and physical abuse is reviewed. Abused
children are at risk of long‐term adverse psychological sequelae related to the abuse per se …

Where did professional social work originate from? How effective are social work
interpretations in the lives of vulnerable people? A Textbook of Social Work provides a …

First published in 1994. While not setting out to write a book about social policy, Ivanoff,
Blythe and Tripodi, seasoned and well-known contributors to the spirited debate on the …

Research on injuries, the leading health threat to children in the United States, has been
infrequent and badly fragmented. Research on unintentional injuries and research on abuse …

Researchers and clinicians are begining to recognize the valuable resource that parents
and families are for increasing the effectiveness of substance abuse prevention programs for …