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The Perinatal Period, a Window of Opportunity for Enhancing Parent-Infant Communication: An Approach to Prevention.
Helfer, Ray E. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
A description of infant capabilities and review of perinatal intervention programs are used to clarify the relationship between enhancing parent-infant interactions and preventing child abuse and neglect. Research data demonstrating the efficacy of the programs are reviewed and suggestions offered for the practical application of the programs.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Incarcerated Mothers' Perceptions and Interpretations of Their Fatally Maltreated Children.
Korbin, Jill E. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Nine women imprisoned for fatal child maltreatment were interviewed concerning their perceptions of interactions with their children, pregnancy and childbirth, mother-child separations and reunions, child development, rejection, children's behavior, and prior child abuse. Interpretation of their children as developmentally abnormal and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Birth, Child Abuse, Child Development
Attachment Theory and Its Implications for Psychotherapy with Maltreated Children.
Pearce, John W.; Pezzot-Pearce, Terry D. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
The implications of attachment theory for clinical work with maltreated children are examined in the context of the therapeutic relationship. The article describes therapeutic strategies in which the clinician intervenes to enable the child to modify negative and pessimistic beliefs and expectations of others and of self. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Attitude Change, Beliefs, Child Abuse
Maltreated Infants: Vulnerability and Resilience.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Crittenden, Patricia M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1985
Offers evidence supporting a model of bidirectional effects: the mother initiates maltreatment, but both mother and infant sustain the situation by their behaviors. Maltreated infants did not differ from controls in congenital characteristics, but displayed deviance in learned behavior patterns. Infants showed behavioral improvement after…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse
Research on the Consequences of Child Maltreatment and Its Application to Educational Settings.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cicchetti, Dante; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1989
Research is presented on the effects of child maltreatment on various areas of functioning, including the development of secure attachment relationships, an autonomous self, peer relationships, and school adaptation. Implications of these results for assessment, intervention in educational settings, and policy development are discussed.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
Innovative Approaches to Preventing Child Abuse: Volunteers in Action. Prevention Focus Working Paper 015.
National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, Chicago, IL. – 1983
Collected in this working paper are summary descriptions of 17 innovative community action programs designed to prevent child abuse. These programs were developed by individuals, community groups, hospitals, and/or state chapters of the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, as well as by other groups and organizations. Located in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse, Community Action, Community Programs
Maternal Attachment and Mothering Disorders. Pediatric Round Table: 1. Second Edition.
Klaus, Marshall H., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The process by which parents become attached to their infants was the focus of a roundtable discussion. Participating were students of the attachment process in various animal species, as well as clinicians and researchers, from various disciplines, engaged in studying the development of attachment in parents of normal infants, parents of…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Birth