You might check out the special edition of the Journal of Clinical Child
Psychology, Vol 24, Supplement, Dec., 1995 - working group reports of
the APA on child abuse and neglect, sponsored by APA, Div 12 (sec 1),
Div 29, Div 37. For example, there is a review article by Judith V.
Becker et al "Empirical Research on Child Abuse Treatment: Reports by
the Child Abuse and Neglect Treatment Working Group, American
Psychological Association."


Tom Weddig, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
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Yuki Hasebe wrote:
>
> Dear PSYCHOAN,
>      Would anyone be so kind as to recommend some journal articles (possibly
> reveiw papers would be great, not necessarily though) which consist of
> theoretical data and empirical evidence (not case studies) to support ...
> 1. parental styles' effects upon the development of the children's certain
> personality and
> 2. psychoanalytical perspectives to also support parental effects upon the
> children's certain personality formation including issues dealing with the
> long-term effects of early life experience (e.g. why fixation of ego between
> a parent and the child).
>     Many psychologists (e.g. Judith Harris, : Where is the child's
> environment? A group socialization theory of development) seem to question
> the 'primary' effects of parents and the family upon the the formation of
> the child personality. (Harris explicitly claims that there are few strong
> parent effects, based on studies such as those examining the personality
> characteristic of adopted children).  Or other psychologists (e.g. Jerome
> Kagan, Three pleasing ideas) argue against psychoanalytical views especially
> regarding the long-lasting effects of the magnitude of early life traumatic
> experiences upon the development of personality.
>     I would like to counter-argue them to explain why these views, esp.,
> social interaction constructivistic theory does not buffer the adverse
> effects of parental psychological abuse and possibly the formation of
> maladjustment within the victim child or adults with such experience.
>  I do not necessarily view such a relation as only childhood experience but
> it as rather a long-term (at least as far as psychological connection is
> concerned), so the abuse may not be able to explained by certain
> psychoanalytic theory which places a focus on very early period of a child
> life.
>       If you happen to know of a good article that you think I might want to
> take a look at, please let me know.
> Thank you much. You could also e-mail me personally, not using the psychoan
> space.
>
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> Yuki Hasebe
> Educational Psychology
> University of Illinois, Chicago
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