American Journal of Psychiatry · 1968 · 52 citations · 2 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyBehavioral DisordersDevelopmental PsychologyDevelopmental PsychopathologyChild PsychopathologyFamily DynamicsFamily ProcessesParent-child InteractionParent-child RelationshipsParentingAggressive ConductChild AggressionFamily - Child InteractionNeglectful ParentingParental AbuseParental AggressionParental NeglectSocial Neglect
Three groups of clinic children, separated by computer clustering of their symptoms, are described by the author. The overanxious children are likely to have an anxious infantilizing mother. The critical, depreciative, punitive, inconsistent mother or stepmother is typical for the unsocialized aggressive child. Socialized delinquents are likely to come from large families characterized by parental neglect and delegation of parental responsibilities. Their parental pathology is typically more paternal than maternal and frequently includes the alcoholic father or stepfather.
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