Citation

Bradley EJ, Peters RD. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1991; 61(3): 455-460.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Victoria General Hospital, B.C.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1951653

Abstract

Physically abusive and nonabusive mothers were studied for differences in perceptions of the parenting role and of child behavior problems. Findings suggested systematic differences in attributional style of the abusive mothers, supporting the hypothesis that such mothers are hyperreactive to their children's misbehavior. These mothers also tended to minimize both their own contribution to negative parent-child interactions and their children's role in positive ones.

Language: en