Developmental perspectives on the etiology, intergenerational transmission, and sequelae of child maltreatment
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Research methods and inferential techniques must acknowledge the complexity and heterogeneity of child maltreatment. Empirical investigation of child maltreatment must be guided by sophisticated concepts of development, personality, psychopathology, and family and social systems theory.
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Most maltreated children experience more than one type of maltreatment.
“However, most maltreated children experience multiple types of maltreatment, and the previous studies have not attempted to differentiate among them”
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- Authors
- Cicchetti, D., & Rizley, R.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Cicchetti, Dante
- Venue
- New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1981
- Volume
- 1981
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 31-55
- ISSN
- 0195-2269 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-3247
- 1534-8687
- OpenAlex
- W2073624679
- Cited by
- 510
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 8.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- child abuse, etiology, intergenerational transmission, sequelae, developmental perspective, personality, psychopathology, family systems theory, social systems theory
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