Child maltreatment : theory and research on the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect

This important new volume provides a comprehensive account of the causes and consequences of child maltreatment from a developmental perspective. Over forty contributors, including some of the most highly regarded developmental researchers in the field, present the most recent findings on the impact of abuse and neglect on child development. Such definitional issues as what constitutes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and how these conceptualizations have changed over the years, are addressed. Specific chapters examine the effect of maltreatment on cognitive, linguistic, social, and emotional development in children. Issues such as early attachment to parents, sexual relationships, and intellectual and language development are examined in children who have experienced various forms of abuse. Special attention is directed to the psychology of abusive parents and to why a parent engages in abusive behavior. The volume will appeal to both researchers and clinicians in a range of disciplines including developmental and clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, pediatrics, sociology, and law. Preface / Dante Cicchetti And Vicki Carlson -- Definitional Issues In Child Maltreatment / Jeanne Giovannoni -- Physical Child Abuse In America : Past, Present, And Future / Edward Zigler And Nancy W. Hall -- Pediatrics And Child Abuse / Howard Dubowitz And Eli Newberger -- Sexual Abuse Of Children : Causes And Consequences / Carol R. Hartman And Ann W. Burgess -- The Intergenerational Transmission Of Child Abuse / Joan Kaufman And Edward Zigler -- Lessons From Child Abuse : The Determinants Of Parenting / Jay Belsky And Joan Vondra -- The Antecedents Of Maltreatment : Results Of The Mother-child Interaction Research Project / Robert Pianta, Byron Egeland, And Martha Farrell Erickson -- Parental Attributions As Moderators Of Affective Communication To Children At Risk For Physical Abuse / Daphne Blunt Bugental, Susan Madith Mantyla, And Jeffrey Lewis. Perceived Similarities And Disagreements About Childrearing Practices In Abusive And Nonabusive Families : Intergenerational And Concurrent Family Processes / Penelope K. Trickett And Elizabeth J. Susman -- Cognitive Foundations For Parental Care / Carolyn Moore Newberger And Kathleen M. White -- Intergenerational Continuities And Discontinuities In Serious Parenting Difficulties / Michael Rutter -- The Construct Of Empathy And The Phenomenon Of Physical Maltreatment Of Children / Norma Deitch Feshbach -- How Research On Child Maltreatment Has Informed The Study Of Child Development : Perspectives From Developmental Psychopathology / Dante Cicchetti -- Child Maltreatment And Attachment Theory / Patricia M. Crittenden And Mary D.s. Ainsworth. Patterns Of Maternal Behavior Among Infants At Risk For Abuse : Relations With Infant Attachment Behavior And Infant Development At 12 Months Of Age / Karlen Lyons-ruth, David B. Connell, And David Zoll -- Finding Order In Disorganization : Lessons From Research On Maltreated Infants' Attachments To Their Caregivers / Vicki Carlson [and Others] -- Peer Relations In Maltreated Children / Edward Mueller And Nancy Silverman -- The Effects Of Maltreatment On Development During Early Childhood : Recent Studies And Their Theoretical, Clinical, And Policy Implications / J. Lawrence Aber [and Others] -- Social Cognition In Maltreated Children / Judith G. Smetana And Mario Kelly. The Effects Of Maltreatment On The Development Of Young Children / Martha Farrell Erickson, Byron Egeland, And Robert Pianta -- Troubled Youth, Troubled Families : The Dynamics Of Adolescent Maltreatment / James Garbarino. Child Abuse, Delinquency, And Violent Criminality / Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Catherine Mallouh, And Victoria Webb -- The Prevention Of Maltreatment / David L. Olds And Charles R. Henderson, Jr. Edited By Dante Cicchetti And Vicki Carlson. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 List of contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Part I - History and definition......Page 22 1 - Definitional issues in child maltreatment......Page 24 2 - Physical child abuse in America: past, present, and future......Page 59 3 - Pediatrics and child abuse......Page 97 4 - Sexual abuse of children: causes and consequences......Page 116 5 - The intergenerational transmission of child abuse......Page 150 Part II - Parental and contextual influences on maltreatment......Page 172 6 - Lessons from child abuse: the determinants of parenting......Page 174 7 - The antecedents of maltreatment: results of the Mother--Child Interaction Research Project......Page 224 8 - Parental attributions as moderators of affective communication to children at risk for physical abuse......Page 275 9 - Perceived similarities and disagreements about childrearing practices in abusive and nonabusive families: intergenerational and concurrent family processes......Page 301 10 - Cognitive foundations for parental care......Page 323 11 - Intergenerational continuities and discontinuities in serious parenting difficulties......Page 338 12 - The construct of empathy and the phenomenon of physical maltreatment of children......Page 370 Part III - The developmental consequences of child maltreatment......Page 396 13 - How research on child maltreatment has informed the study of child development: perspectives from developmental psychopathology......Page 398 14 - Child maltreatment and attachment theory......Page 451 15 - Patterns of maternal behavior among infants at risk for abuse: relations with infant attachment behavior and infant development at 12 months of age......Page 483 16 - Finding order in disorganization: lessons from research on maltreated infants' attachments to their caregivers......Page 513 17 - Peer relations in maltreated children......Page 548 18 - The effects of maltreatment on development during early childhood: recent studies and their theoretical, clinical, and policy implications......Page 598 19 - Social cognition in maltreated children......Page 639 20 - The effects of maltreatment on the development of young children......Page 666 21 - Troubled youth, troubled families: the dynamics of adolescent maltreatment......Page 704 22 - Child abuse, delinquency, and violent criminality......Page 726 23 - The prevention of maltreatment......Page 741 Name index......Page 783 Subject index......Page 800 This important new volume provides a comprehensive account of the causes and consequences of child maltreatment from a developmental perspective. The chapters in the volume offer an historical and definitional context for future studies: What constitutes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse? What is child neglect and how has its definition changed over time? Why has the theory of the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment been overstated for so long? The heart of the volume lies in its careful description of well controlled research on the impact of maltreatment on the developmental process. Specific chapters address the effects of maltreatment on congitive, linguistic, social, and emotional development. Special attention is paid to age-specific deficits in social interaction, to parent-child interaction and attachment in the early years, and to peer relationships during later childhood and adolescence. The psychology of abusive and neglecting parents is also addressed. Who are the maltreating parents and how are they different from comparison parents? What are the conditions under which maltreatment recurs in subsequent generations? The volume concludes with a chapter on the processes at work in maltreatment can be applied to reducing the problem. Child Maltreatment will appeal to both researchers and clinicians in a range of disciplines including developmental and clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, pediatrics, sociology, and law, as well as to policymakers and students in all of these areas To begin a book such as this with a chapter on defining child maltreatment is at once an indication that the definition of the very subject of the book is problematic and that these problems can be resolved.