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Journal Article: The Abused Child As Parent

Journal Article:   The Abused Child as Parent

The Abused Child as Parent
Perception of Self and Other
Rita Baker

1. The Abused Child as Parent:   Perception of Self and Other.   By:   Herzog, Elaine P.; Gara, Michael A.; Rosenberg, Seymour.   Infant Mental Health Journal, Spring92, Vol. 13 Issue 1,   p83-98, 16p; (AN 12051973)
2. Yes, I do believe this journal contains some articles that would be of interest to people who are entering in the medical field, college students who are doing research on issues pertaining to infants and pregnancy and women who are currently pregnant or wish to become pregnant in the near future.   Here are a few titles of interest:
· Impact of mother interactive style on infant affect among babies exposed to alcohol in utero.
· Behavioral Control Dynamics and Developmental Outcomes in Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine.
· Prenatal diagnosis and management of intrauterine growth restriction: A long-term prospective study on outcome and maternal stress.
3. The title of the journal article I choose was, The Abused Child as Parent: Perception of Self and Other.   The reason I choose this article is based on the fact when I was a young child I was both verbally and physically abused by my father.   Now that I am a mother myself, I wanted to find out if the affects of my childhood would influence the way I raise mine.
4. a. This article contains two hypotheses:
· "First, we hypothesize that the rate at which a high-risk mother's perceptions of her child map onto the structure established for adults will be faster than the rate for parents who are less high risk for abusing their infants.   This hypothesis is consistent with other findings regarding the potentially abusive parents who appear especially prone to expect advanced, even adult, behaviors for their infant child and presume motives beyond his or her developmental ability."
· Secondly, "An at-risk mother's perception of herself is expected to show one of two general...