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Battered parents: a new syndrome

Author(s) -

Henry T. Harbin,

David J. Madden

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

american journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.477

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1535-7228

pISSN - 0002-953X

DOI - 10.1176/ajp.136.10.1288

Subject(s) - denial , spouse , psychology , domestic violence , poison control , hierarchy , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , battered child syndrome , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , child abuse , developmental psychology , social psychology , medical emergency , medicine , psychotherapist , sociology , political science , pathology , anthropology , law

The authors identify a new syndrome of family violence--parent battering. Relevant dynamics include individual characteristics of the parent batterer, distortions in the generational authority hierarchy, the role of secrets and denial, and cultural influences. The authors conclude, on the basis of their clinical work with these families, that this subtype of family violence is distinct from child and spouse abuse.

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