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Child Sexual Abuse: The Female Victim's Relationship with Her Nonoffending Mother.
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Lovett, Beverly B. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
Interviews with 60 female victims (ages 7-12) of sexual abuse found that most viewed relationships with their mothers as warm and accepting. Girls who perceived lower maternal rejection had higher competency ratings and fewer behavior problems. Abuse involving force was correlated with lower victim competency. More violent abuse was correlated…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Competence
The Development of Rocking among Children Who Are Blind.
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McHugh, Elaine; Pyfer, Jean – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
This qualitative study of rocking in four congenitally blind children, ages 10 to 13, used in-depth interviews, observations, psychomotor assessments, and reviews of school and other records. Findings revealed similarities in the children's early medical histories, delays in motor development, constraints on vigorous movement, and limited peer…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Case Studies, Children
Maternal Reports of Behavior of Siblings of Children with Down Syndrome.
Cuskelly, M.; Gunn, P. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Mothers of 137 children (with or without a sibling having Down's syndrome) were interviewed regarding their child without Down's syndrome. There were no significant differences between groups regarding expectations of "typical" children, but mothers of girls with a Down's syndrome sibling reported significantly more conduct problems than did other…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Downs Syndrome, Expectation
Grief in Adults with Mental Retardation: Preliminary Findings.
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Harper, Dennis C.; Wadsworth, John S. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
Structured direct interviews with 43 adults having moderate to severe mental retardation evaluated how they expressed grief and dealt with loss. One hundred service providers were also surveyed. Subjects were found to experience feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, confusion, and pain; to continue some emotional turmoil one year after the loss;…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Death, Depression (Psychology)
Semistructured Child Sexual Abuse Interviews: Interview and Child Characteristics Related to Credibility of Disclosure.
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Wood, Barbara; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
Analysis of interactions during 55 videotaped interviews of high-risk sex abuse cases found no support for the assumption that a credible disclosure of abuse must include the display of emotion by the child. Some behavioral differences between preschool and school-age children were found, but no gender differences. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse
Health Risk Behaviors of African American Adolescents with Mild Mental Retardation: Prevalence Depends on Measurement Method.
Pack, Robert P.; Browne, Dorothy; Wallander, Jan L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
Health risk behaviors (substance use, violence, suicide, and car safety) of 194 African American urban adolescents with mild mental retardation were measured using either a confidential individual interview or an anonymous group survey. The survey methodology resulted in disclosure of more risk behaviors than the interview methodology. Elevated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth