Parents who abuse: What are they thinking?

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 163-175

  Seng, Alexandra C ^a   Prinz, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cognitions; Dysfunctional processes; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PARENTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55349096127     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-008-0035-y     Document Type: Review

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