Evaluated was the relationship of the personal and marital adjustment of 31 sets of parents to their own behavior as parents and the behavior problems of their children (mean age 7.7 years). Families who had been referred for behavioral counseling regarding child problems were given a diagnostic battery which included home observations as well as…

This study used multivariate techniques to examine the relationship between extent of psychological and physical maltreatment by mothers and fathers and a variety of current psychological symptoms in 251 university women. Behaviors reflective of both psychological and physical maltreatment by both mothers and fathers were found in the same…