Understanding Abusive Parents
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STUDY OF FAMILY INTERACTION LEAD TO NEW UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSIVE
Researchers at the University of Toronto have taken
important steps toward producing a profile of an abusive parent.
Prof. Gary Walters and doctoral student Lynn Oldershaw of the
Department of Psychology have developed ....
Middle of paper
.... The researchers have developed a system which allows them
to record the effectiveness of parenting skills. They are
particularly interested in disciplinary strategies because abuse
most commonly occurs when the parent wants the child to comply.
"It's a question of trying to determine which type of parent
produces which type of child or which type of child elicits
which type of parental behaviour," explains Oldershaw.
As ....
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