TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of Child Maltreatment during Pregnancy
AU - Altemeier, William A.
AU - Vietze, Peter M.
AU - Sherrod, Kathryn B.
AU - Sandler, Howard M.
AU - Falsey, Susan
AU - O'Connor, Susan
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Fourteen hundred expectant mothers volunteered to be interviewed about their attitudes, experiences, and knowledge of child rearing. The purpose of the interview was to identify parental predictors of child maltreatment. Based upon answers, 273 were expected to be at high risk for parenting disorders. After delivery, their infants and 225 selected randomly from all remaining mothers were followed in a double-blind fashion for evidence of child abuse, neglect, and nonorganic failure to thrive. All three parenting disorders were found significantly more often in the high-risk families.
AB - Fourteen hundred expectant mothers volunteered to be interviewed about their attitudes, experiences, and knowledge of child rearing. The purpose of the interview was to identify parental predictors of child maltreatment. Based upon answers, 273 were expected to be at high risk for parenting disorders. After delivery, their infants and 225 selected randomly from all remaining mothers were followed in a double-blind fashion for evidence of child abuse, neglect, and nonorganic failure to thrive. All three parenting disorders were found significantly more often in the high-risk families.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0018592929&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)61037-2
DO - 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)61037-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 447955
AN - SCOPUS:0018592929
SN - 0002-7138
VL - 18
SP - 205
EP - 218
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -
