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Parental Expectations of Social-Emotional and Self-Help/Self-Direction Development in Abused Children

The present study examined the existence of unrealistic expectations in abusive parents. It was hypothesized that abusive parents would have higher expectations of their children's social-emotional and self-help skills than nonabusive parents. It was also hypothesized that abusive parents would have higher expectations of their children's social-emotional skills than nonabusive parents when both groups compared their children to average children. Abusive and nonabusive parents were administered the Social Competence Scales of the Child Behavior Checklist and the Daily Living Skills domain of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. The results contradict previous studies in this area and raise questions about present conceptualizations of expectations in abusive parents and the importance of this factor in child abuse.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500588
Date05 1900
CreatorsCostas, Lisa Daniels
ContributorsMartin, Sander, 1939-, Cunningham, Diana Pinson, Burke, Angela J.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 119 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Costas, Lisa Daniels, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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