A Family Study of Child Abuse

LENORE C. TERRAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.5.665

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Ten battered children and their families were evaluated by the author over a six-year period. It was found that important factors leading to abuse were fantasies of the abuser about the child, exaggerated dominant-submissive patterns in the marriage, and contributions of the child to the battering. The author offers several suggestions for using a family approach in treating battered children.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 5 • November 1970

Pages: 665 - 671

PubMed: 5491542

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Published in print: November 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LENORE C. TERR

Assistant professor of child psychiatry, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, University Hospital, 2040 Abington Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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