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Interactional nature of physical abuse

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I recently read a study completed by Kadushin and Martin
(1981) where they completed an extensive literature review describing the
interactional nature of child physical abuse.&nbsp; Specifically, they quoted a
literature review by Parke and Collmer entitled, &#8220;Child Abuse: An
Interdisciplinary Review&#8221; in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Review of
Child Development Research</span></i> (1975) that says</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&#8220;&#8230; a serious shortcoming in both the psychiatric
and sociological models [of child abuse] is their <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>failure to give adequate recognition to the interactive nature of child
abuse.&nbsp; It is insufficient to view abuse from a unidirectional viewpoint,</span></i>
whereby the main cause is located in either the parent or in external
circumstances.&nbsp; One important feature of the social-situational approach
is the recognition that both partners, the child victim as well as the parent,
need to be considered if child abuse is to be fully understood.&#8221;
(Emphasis added by the authors).&nbsp; </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Have several requests that I would like to make:</span></font></p>

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 <li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>This research seems a bit dated.&nbsp; Does anyone
     involved with the listserv have any suggestions for more current research
     that supports the same conclusion?</span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Is this a view that continues to hold water in the
     research community?&nbsp; I ask because I have suspect as much in my work
     with abusive families, but much of the services that are designed to treat
     an abusive family are directed at the parents primarily i.e., parenting
     classes, anger management programs, etc. with some notable exceptions such
     as Healthy Families.&nbsp; I have always wondered at the logic of removing
     a child form an abusive home and expecting parents to attend skills
     training programs without the opportunity to use them with effectiveness
     prior to the return of the child.&nbsp; I realize that this is an
     overgeneralization of the process. But, I believe that there is still some
     validity in this view of the child protection process.</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I appreciate any feedback that you have to offer.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mr. John M. Polstra, MSW, LCSW</span></font></p>

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