TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Personality development after physical abuse
JO  - Archives of disease in childhood
A1  - Oates, R. K.
SP  - 147
EP  - 150
VL  - 59
IS  - 2
N2  - Personality development after child abuse was studied in 39 children who had, on average, been admitted to hospital five and a half years previously. In contrast to a control group, the abused children had fewer friends, lower ambitions, and lower self esteem. They were more serious, shy, and subdued on a personality assessment and were more likely than the control children to have behaviour disturbances recorded on a questionnaire for teachers. Their mothers also noted a higher incidence of behaviour disorders than mothers of control children. Child abuse has long term effects on the personality development of children. A long term, child centred approach is needed for abused children to try to prevent some of the sequelae.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -