Child Maltreatment and Mentally Retarded Parents: Is There a Relationship?.

Schilling, Robert F.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ272743

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Child Maltreatment and Mentally Retarded Parents: Is There a Relationship?

Schilling, Robert F.; And Others

Mental Retardation, v20 n5 p201-09 Oct 1982

A review of the child protection and mental retardation literature suggests a relationship between parents' intelligence and maltreatment of children. Findings and deficiencies in studies of mentally retarded parents and maltreating parents are highlighted. (Author)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Mental Retardation, Parent Child Relationship, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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