@article{ref1,
title="Significance of family risk factors in development of childhood animal cruelty in adolescent boys with conduct problems",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2005",
author="Duncan, Alexander and Thomas, Jay C. and Miller, Catherine",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="235-239",
abstract="The literature suggests that physical child abuse, sexual child abuse, paternal alcoholism, paternal unavailability, and domestic violence may be significant in development of childhood animal cruelty. Two groups of early- to late adolescent boys (CTA and N-CTA) in residential treatment for conduct disorder were compared in the current study on histories of these family risk factors. The adolescents in Group 1 were comprised of boys who had conduct problems with documented histories of animal cruelty (n = 50; CTA). Group 2 consisted of adolescent boys (n = 50; N-CTA) with conduct problems, but without documented histories of animal cruelty. Results showed that children in the CTA group had significantly greater histories of physical and/or sexual child abuse and domestic violence in comparison to children in the N-CTA group. These results suggest that physical and/or sexual abuse to a child, and exposure to domestic violence, may be significant in the development of childhood animal cruelty.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-005-5987-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-005-5987-9"
}