TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric diagnoses of self-reported child abusers
AU - Dinwiddie, Stephen H.
AU - Bucholz, Kathleen K.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - In order to evaluate lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and prevalence of dyssocial behaviors among self-reported child abusers, three large databases of clinical, community, and family study subjects were examined. Subjects who had acted as parents and who reported any episodes of child battery were compared to those without any history of child battery on prevalence of psychiatric disorders and dyssocial behaviors. Overall, 4% of subjects from the community sample reported child abuse. Abusers not selected through alcoholism treatment were more likely to receive diagnoses of alcoholism, antisocial personality disorder, and major depression. Those selected through alcoholism treatment were more likely to have antisocial personality disorder. Abusers in general were found to have a history of disciplinary problems, property destruction, and as adults to engage in other violent behaviors. It was concluded that self-identified child abusers have increased lifetime rates of antisocial personality disorder, alcoholism, and depression. The association between child abuse and other violence is not explained by selection of cases through the medical or legal systems.
AB - In order to evaluate lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and prevalence of dyssocial behaviors among self-reported child abusers, three large databases of clinical, community, and family study subjects were examined. Subjects who had acted as parents and who reported any episodes of child battery were compared to those without any history of child battery on prevalence of psychiatric disorders and dyssocial behaviors. Overall, 4% of subjects from the community sample reported child abuse. Abusers not selected through alcoholism treatment were more likely to receive diagnoses of alcoholism, antisocial personality disorder, and major depression. Those selected through alcoholism treatment were more likely to have antisocial personality disorder. Abusers in general were found to have a history of disciplinary problems, property destruction, and as adults to engage in other violent behaviors. It was concluded that self-identified child abusers have increased lifetime rates of antisocial personality disorder, alcoholism, and depression. The association between child abuse and other violence is not explained by selection of cases through the medical or legal systems.
KW - Child abuse
KW - Psychiatric diagnoses
KW - Self-report
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027260513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0145-2134(93)90021-V
DO - 10.1016/0145-2134(93)90021-V
M3 - Article
C2 - 8402249
AN - SCOPUS:0027260513
SN - 0145-2134
VL - 17
SP - 465
EP - 476
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
IS - 4
ER -