Child Abuse and Failure to Thrive: Individual, Familial, and Environmental Characteristics

Dubowitz, Howard, Zuckerman, Diana M., Bithoney, William G., Newberger, Eli H., Violence and Victims

Similar theories of etiology have been postulated for child abuse and nonorganic failure to thrive (FTT). This study compared individual, familial, and environmental conditions in cases of child abuse to cases of FTT. Assessment of the mother's childhood home, supports, current living situation, attitudes toward her child, and child characteristics (such as temperament, social maturity, and complicating medical conditions) showed the groups to be remarkably alike. The major significant difference was that although both groups were poor, the abuse group was even more impoverished and lived in more crowded conditions than the families with a child with FTT. These data suggest a common …

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Publication information: Article title: Child Abuse and Failure to Thrive: Individual, Familial, and Environmental Characteristics. Contributors: Dubowitz, Howard - Author, Zuckerman, Diana M. - Author, Bithoney, William G. - Author, Newberger, Eli H. - Author. Journal title: Violence and Victims. Volume: 4. Issue: 3 Publication date: January 1, 1989. Page number: 191+. © Springer Publishing Company 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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