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Attachment and Social Support in the Prediction of Psychopathology among Young Adults with and without a History of Physical Maltreatment
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McLewin, Lise A.; Muller, Robert T. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the roles that social support and attachment play with regard to psychopathology among young adults with and without a history of physical maltreatment. Attachment was conceptualized in terms of the dimensions of view of self and view of other. Attachment and social support were examined…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Psychopathology, Social Support Groups, Attachment Behavior
Self-Concept and Social Competence of University Student Victims of Childhood Physical Abuse.
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Lopez, Molly A.; Heffer, Robert W. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
This study examined the impact of childhood physical abuse on self-concept and social competency among 660 college students. Findings indicated that a history of physical abuse was predictive of current self-concept but did not predict social competence. Analysis suggested that physical abuse has a negative impact on self-concept through its…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, College Students, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Toward an Integrated Framework for Understanding Child Physical Abuse.
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Coohey, Carol; Braun, Norman – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
This study tested a conceptual framework of child physical abuse based on three major determinants of abuse: exposure to aggression, exposure to stressors, and access to resources. The study of 81 physically abusive and 148 nonabusive mothers found that being abused by one's own mother and exposure to domestic violence as an adult were the best…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Abuse, Family Financial Resources, Family Violence
Editorial: Dissociation in Pre-School Children.
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Jones, David P. H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
This editorial comments on a study that compared the self-development of 43 typical preschool children and 155 preschool children who had been maltreated. It found sexually abused, physically abused, and neglected preschool children showed more dissociation than did the typical children. Clinically identifiable dissociation was particularly…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development
Dissociation in Maltreated versus Nonmaltreated Preschool-Age Children.
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Macfie, Jenny; Cicchetti, Dante; Toth, Sheree L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
A study compared the self-development of 43 typical preschool children and 155 maltreated preschool children. Each group of sexually, physically abused, and neglected preschool children showed more dissociation than did the typical children. Clinically identifiable dissociation was particularly associated with physical abuse. Severity of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development
Predictors of Foster Parents' Satisfaction and Intent To Continue To Foster.
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Denby, Ramona; Rindfleisch, Nolan; Bean, Gerald – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
A study of 539 foster parents found that some of the factors influencing their satisfaction were feeling competent to handle placed children, wanting to take in children who needed loving parents, no regret about investment in foster children, foster mother's age, and agency social worker providing information and showing approval. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Competence, Foster Care
Adult Reports of Child and Adult Attributions of Blame for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Predicting Adult Adjustment and Suicidal Behaviors in Females.
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Barker-Collo, Suzanne L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
A survey of 126 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (n=126) found participants reporting abuse by immediate family members and before age 10 tended make internal attributions of blame when they were children. Reports of childhood internal attributions of blame were significantly predictive of overall adult symptomatology and suicide…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse