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PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN CARE—I. CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND PARENTING
Author(s) -
Quinton D.,
Rutter M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1984.tb00145.x
Subject(s) - rutter , child and adolescent psychiatry , psychology , psychiatry , depression (economics) , library science , developmental psychology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Interview data on a consecutive sample of families with children multiply admitted to residential care by one inner London borough were contrasted with those from a comparison sample from the same geographical area. The in-care group were twice as likely to be experiencing current parenting problems with 5- to 8-year-old children, but were distinguished from the already disadvantaged comparison group as much by other kinds of family difficulties as by parenting problems per se. It was therefore argued that parenting cannot be seen as an attribute of individuals irrespective of their current circumstances.