Can Child-Mother Relationships and Maternal Symptomathology Serve as Good Predictors?
Michal Sela-Amit University of Southern California Montgomery Ross Fisher Building Los Angeles California 90089-0411 USA Phone: 310-358-0154 FAX: 213-740-0789 Email: selaamit@netzero.net Ferol Mennon University of Southern California Montgomery Ross Fisher Building Los Angeles California 90089-0411 USA Phone: 213-740-0295 FAX: 213-740-0789 Email: mennen@ usc.edu Trickett Penelope USC Phone: 213-740-2010 FAX: 213-740-8905 Email: pennyt@usc.edu Purpose: The relationships of maltreated children and their caregivers becomes increasingly important as efforts to maintain maltreated children with their families increase. Particularly important is examining these relationships among urban minority children who comprise a disproportionately large segment of the child welfare population. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationships between a child’s symptoms and characteristics of the parent/child relationship. Method: This study sample consisted of over 200 children ages 9-12
