@article{ref1,
title="Subgroups of physically abusive parents based on cluster analysis of parenting behavior and affect",
journal="American journal of orthopsychiatry",
year="2004",
author="Haskett, Mary E. and Scott, Susan Smith and Ward, C. S.",
volume="74",
number="4",
pages="436-447",
abstract="Cluster analysis of observed parenting and self-reported discipline was used to categorize 83 abusive parents into subgroups. A 2-cluster solution received support for validity. Cluster 1 parents were relatively warm, positive, sensitive, and engaged during interactions with their children, whereas Cluster 2 parents were relatively negative, disengaged or intrusive, and insensitive. Further, clusters differed in emotional health, parenting stress, perceptions of children, and problem solving. Children of parents in the 2 clusters differed on several indexes of social adjustment. Cluster 1 parents were similar to nonabusive parents (n = 66) on parenting and related constructs, but Cluster 2 parents differed from nonabusive parents on all clustering variables and many validation variables. Results highlight clinically relevant diversity in parenting practices and functioning among abusive parents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9432",
doi="10.1037/0002-9432.74.4.436",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.74.4.436"
}