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Abusive and Nonabusive Mothers' Ability to Identify General and Specific Emotion Signals of Infants.
Peer reviewedKropp, Joseph P.; Haynes, O. Maurice – Child Development, 1987
A group of 20 abusive mothers and a group of 20 matched, nonabusive mothers were shown slides depicting infants in seven different emotional states. Abusive mothers were more likely to incorrectly identify specific signals of emotion and to label negative affect as positive. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Abuse, Comparative Analysis, Cues
