Mothers of children with externalizing behavior problems: Cognitive risk factors for abuse potential and discipline style and practices

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 774-784

  McElroy, Erika M ^a   Rodriguez, Christina M ^b  

^a Child and Family Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Child maltreatment; Child physical abuse risk; Cognitive risk factors; Discipline style; Social information processing model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR PROBLEM; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50449095873     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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