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Child Abuse: Pathological Syndrome of Family Interaction

ARTHUR H. GREEN, RICHARD W. GAINES, and ALICE SANDGRUNDAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.8.882

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The authors observed patterns of family interaction frequently encountered in 60 cases of child abuse. The maltreatment syndrome is described as the end result of three potentiating factors: the abuse-prone personality of the parent; characteristics of the child that make him vulnerable for scapegoating; and current environmental stress. Role reversal was a prominent feature in the psychodynamic makeup of these families. The parents tended to endow the child with negative characteristics derived from their own experience with rejecting parents.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 8 • August 1974

Pages: 882 - 886

PubMed: 4834703

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Published in print: August 1974

Published online: 12 February 2015

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ARTHUR H. GREEN

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RICHARD W. GAINES

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ALICE SANDGRUND

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Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Box 32, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203

Research Assistant, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Box 32, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203

Staff Psychologist, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Box 32, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203

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Child Abuse: Pathological Syndrome of Family Interaction

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