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Citation

de Paúl J, Asla N, Perez-Albeniz A, de Cádiz BT. J. Interpers. Violence 2006; 21(8): 1018-1045.

Affiliation

University of the Basque Country, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260506290411

PMID

16829665

Abstract

The objective is to know if high-risk mothers for child physical abuse differ in their evaluations, attributions, negative affect, disciplinary choices for children's behavior, and expectations of compliance. The effect of a stressor and the introduction of mitigating information are analyzed. Forty-seven high-risk and 48 matched low-risk mothers participated in the study. Mothers' information processing and disciplinary choices were examined using six vignettes depicting a child engaging in different transgressions. A four-factor design with repeated measures on the last two factors was used. High-risk mothers reported more hostile intent, global and internal attributions, more use of power assertion discipline, and less induction. A risk group by child transgression interaction and a risk group by mitigating information interaction were found. Results support the social information-processing model of child physical abuse, which suggests that high-risk mothers process child-related information differently and use more power assertive and less inductive disciplinary techniques.


Language: en

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