TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Maternal blame: battered women and abused children
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Terrance, Cheryl
A1  - Plumm, Karyn
A1  - Little, Betsi
SP  - 870
EP  - 885
VL  - 14
IS  - 8
N2  - Participants (N = 126) read one of four scenarios depicting an incident of child physical abuse inflicted by the father. Scenarios varied history of wife abuse (present vs. absent) and severity of child abuse (battering vs. death). Overall, the father was held highly responsible. Greater maternal culpability was assigned when a history of wife abuse was present. The degree to which the mother should have been able to predict the incident of child abuse and maternal responsibility were mitigated when the abuse resulted in the death of her child. Perceptions of maternal psychological stability were jeopardized as a function of the presence of wife abuse. Implications are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801208321331
ID  - ref1
ER  -