Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1998, Volume 46: Motivation and Child Maltreatment

By: Nebraska Symposium

In this volume, the concept of motivation is used to shed light on a range of complex issues surrounding the maltreatment of children. Cathy Spatz Widom investigates the role of motivation in the intergenerational transmission of violence, where victimized children themselves become perpetrators of violence as adults. Joel S. Milner looks at the way abusive parents process social information related to children. The biological, psychological, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080322401X
• ISBN13: 9780803224018
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"