The Cyclical Pattern of Child Physical Abuse from a Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology Perspective
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A parent who lacks the ability to be empathetic is unable to recognize and validate the child's emotional experience.
“The parent who lacks the ability to be empathetic is unable to recognize and validate the child’s emotional experience [40].”
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- Authors
- Cornett, C.
- Corresponding author
- Cornett, Carlton
- Venue
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Published
- 1985
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 83-92
- ISSN
- 0738-0151 (ISSN-L)
- 0738-0150
- 1573-2797
- OpenAlex
- W2095204603
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- 61
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- 2026: 1 · 2022: 1
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Keywords
- child physical abuse, multigenerational transmission, psychoanalytic self psychology, empathy, developmental perspective
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