TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - The role of conjugal relations in the abuse and neglect of children: towards an ecological study
JO  - Santé mentale au Québec
A1  - Dubé, J.
A1  - Provost, Marc A.
SP  - 213
EP  - 233
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
N2  - The phenomenon of child abuse and neglect has always existed in Western society. Yet, it is only recently that clinicians and researchers have taken a serious look at these problems. This ever growing interest has come about from not only the stunning number of cases identified each year, but also by the extent and gravity of consequences observed among children. Several professionals interested by the issue have put forward a great number of etiological factors to try to explain abuse and neglect within the family unit. However, when assessing the proposed theoretical models (psychiatric/psychological, sociological, systemic), it appears that certain simple factors can play a large role, for instance the history behind parental development, the quality of marital relations, the child-parent relation, the stress and the extent of the social network, but none of these can clearly differentiate abusive families from non abusive families. It seems however that these different explicative factors would be even more valuable if they were considered in interaction rather than taken individually. Inspired by the ecological framework proposed by Bronfenbrenner (1977, 1979), Belsky (1980, 1984) as well as Cicchetti and Rizley (1981) have also developed a model that simultaneously takes into account all of these factors and their interaction.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0383-6320
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -