The Utility of a Measure of Aggression in Differentiating Abusing Parents from Other Parents who are Experiencing Familial Disturbance.

Plotkin, Ron C.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1982-Jul

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The Utility of a Measure of Aggression in Differentiating Abusing Parents from Other Parents who are Experiencing Familial Disturbance.

Plotkin, Ron C.; And Others

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v38 n3 p607-10 Jul 1982

Discussed the utility of a measure of aggression using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Although child abusers significantly differed from a distressed and socioeconomic status-matched group on this scale, a discriminative analysis on the scale failed to adequately differentiate the groups. (Author)

Descriptors: Aggression, Child Abuse, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Family Problems, Parents, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation, Psychometrics, Screening Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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