Citation

Felthous AR. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 1980; 10(3): 169-177.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

In order to investigate the nature of animal cruelty in childhood two groups of male psychiatric patients were compared: an Animal Cruelty Group and an Assaultive Group. Most in both groups showed other signs of aggression dyscontrol in childhood. Most in both groups were subjected to parental brutality. Emotional or physical unavailability of a father figure may be a common etiologic factor in childhood cruelty to animals. This may compare with the absense of a father figure noted by several investigators in boys who set fires. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1980. Copyright © 1980 by Springer)

Animal Abuse
Child Aggression
Child Male
Child Offender
Child Violence
Aggression Causes
Violence Causes
Parent Absence
Father Absence
Child Abuse Effects
Child Abuse Victim
Domestic Violence Effects
Domestic Violence Victim
Child Abuse-Violence Link
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