Citation

Haynes-Seman C, Krugman RD. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1989; 59(2): 238-245.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2712157

Abstract

Sexualized attention is defined as a behavioral interaction between a caregiver and a preverbal child in which the adult appears to be sexually stimulated or involves the child in sexually stimulating games. Four cases involving parents whose infants had already exhibited physical signs of abuse or neglect are presented. Research and practice implications of this exploratory concept are discussed, and caution is urged with regard to its diagnostic application.

Language: en