Control Strategies and Noncompliance in Abusive Mother-Child Dyads: An Observational Study.

Oldershaw, Lynn; And Others

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Publication Date: 1986

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Control Strategies and Noncompliance in Abusive Mother-Child Dyads: An Observational Study.

Oldershaw, Lynn; And Others

Child Development, v57 n3 p722-32 Jun 1986

Explores the hypothesis that parenting practices of abusive mothers are characterized by (1) greater use of power-assertive strategies, (2) less flexible behavior with respect to child compliance attempts, (3) more inconsistent use of parenting techniques, and (4) diminished affective quality. (HOD)

Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Family Environment, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality Traits, Preschool Children, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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