Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Parke, R. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Parke, R. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Journal of Pediatric Psychology 3(1) pp. 9-13, 1978
© 1978 Society of Pediatric Psychology

research-article

Child Abuse: An Overview of Alternative Models

Ross D. Parke

University of Illinois

Progress in understanding any phenomenon is only as rapid as the adequacy of our conceptual models that serve to guide and organize our research efforts and our treatment programs. The purpose of this paper is to review and evaluate alternative approaches to understanding the problem of child abuse. A two-level social-interactional analysis of child abuse is offered as an alternative to the traditional personality-psychiatric approach. Abuse, it is argued, can best be understood, first by a detailed analysis of interaction patterns among family members, and second, by a recognition of the role that informal and formal community support systems play in modulating family interaction patterns.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.