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Developmental perspectives on the etiology, intergenerational transmission, and sequelae of child maltreatment
Author(s) -
Cicchetti Dante,
Rizley Ross
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219811104
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , psychopathology , child abuse , etiology , developmental psychopathology , personality development , child development , personality , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency
Research methods and inferential techniques must acknowledge the complexity and heterogeneity of child maltreatment. Empirical investigation of child maltreatment must be guided by sophisticated concepts of development, personality, psychopathology, and family and social systems theory.