Showing papers in "Child Abuse & Neglect in 1986"

TL;DR: A number of small, but significant, relationships were found between a history of childhood sexual abuse and measures of later psychological and sexual adjustment and the significant correlations to involve the sexual measures rather than the more general adjustment measures.

TL;DR: Differences in the definitions used for child sexual abuse are described, similarities and dissimilarities are identified and the use of different criteria for incidents occurring during adolescence is identified.

TL;DR: The evidence reviewed points to several aspects of methodology and sample characteristics that do not seem to influence prevalence findings, including the use of random sampling techniques, the area of the country in which the study is conducted, the educational level of subjects, and the ethnic composition of the sample.

TL;DR: The results of assessing the differences between abused and nonabused adolescents show that both the victimized males and females are more likely to report anxiety and suicidal feelings than are their nonabusing counterparts.

TL;DR: Results of this study are largely inconsistent with popular notions about the nature of child sexual abuse.

TL;DR: The authors argue for the use of structured interview techniques with use of the anatomical dolls and the collection of normative comparison data relative to the evaluation of suspected sexual abuse.

TL;DR: A chart review of 125 children, 6 years of age and under, who presented between early 1981 and mid 1983 to an acute care hospital because of sexual abuse is presented, finding that parents of children who had been the victims of intrafamilial abuse were more likely to be separated or divorced.

TL;DR: The extent to which a general understanding of an individual's reaction to extreme stress situations and patterns of coping can help in the understanding of personal and situational factors which are crucial for successful coping and survival of abused children is examined.

TL;DR: Maternal social support was the best predictor of both level of stimulation and level of mother-child stress, relative to any SES, mother or child variables, and high stress, low support mothers provided significantly less stimulation to their children.

TL;DR: The findings point up the need for a mechanism whereby the retarded adult'sright to parent and the child's right to nurturance and protection may both be preserved.

TL;DR: This article reviews the literature on whiplash shaken infant syndrome since Caffey's original review, and focuses on the use of cranial computed tomography in the diagnosis of head injury in infants.

TL;DR: The use of the visual analogue scale in this study made it possible to differentiate a continuum of severity and frequency of five types of mistreatment without the need for definition.

TL;DR: In general, Swedish parents reported using less violence than did parents in the United States and there was no significant difference between the two countries in the rate of reported severe or abusive violence.

TL;DR: This brief communication by Woodling and Heger on the use of colposcopy in the assessment of children who may have been sexually exploited raises some interesting and exciting new dimensions to the diagnostic approach.

TL;DR: Compared to controls, children who received the program showed an overall increase in knowledge of correct actions to take in the event of potential or actual abuse.

TL;DR: A strategy for assessing success of efforts to reduce severity and incidence of child abuse in the United States is outlined, presented in the context of a series of principles regarding child abuse prevention.

TL;DR: Results support the efficacy of educational programs in child maltreatment for increasing the identification and reporting of maltreatment by workers and indicate that there are complex interactions between certain characteristics of the reporter (e.g., educational level) and prior training in maltreatment identification.

TL;DR: The diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy can be made when medical and social histories are characteristic of the syndrome and clinical findings are absent, suggestive of induced illness, or resolve upon separation of the child and parent.

TL;DR: It is suggested that abuse during childhood may lead to other risk characteristics and to greater stress, and these may act together to increase risk for abuse.

TL;DR: A history of childhood maltreatment is the most consistently reported characteristic of abusive parents as mentioned in this paper, and the meaning of the abuse to the individual had an important impact on later abusive parenting.

TL;DR: The history, clinical features and treatment of multiple personality, particularly in children, are described, in addition to exploring the professional reluctance to make the diagnosis.

TL;DR: This paper describes one Center's experience using individual psychotherapy to help the sexually abused child and rests upon a five-part conceptualization of the traumatic experience: trauma, threat to ontogeny, neglect and emotional unavailability by the caregiver, child's feeling of exploitation, and the child's adaptation.

TL;DR: Attempts to cross-validate a promising screening instrument composed of items that index social support and parenting attitudes that correctly identified over 90% of maladaptive and comparison mothers.

TL;DR: In general, the infants manifest persistent intellectual delays at follow-up despite maintenance of weight gains achieved during early hospitalization, suggesting the need for further investigation into the determinants and outcome of extended hospitalization as a treatment for FTT.