When bonding fails : clinical assessment of high-risk families
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When bonding fails : clinical assessment of high-risk families
（Sage library of social research, v. 151）
Sage Publications, c1983
- pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 210-223
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A practical guide for the assessment of families at risk of child abuse. Bolton begins by reviewing the literature and theory of family violence and the process of bonding between parent and child. He develops an approach to the problem called the Family Resource Theory. He describes in detail every phase of pregnancy and infancy, raising points for assessment. Three predictors of family violence -- premature birth, unhealthy infancy, and adolescent parenthood -- are given special attention. Bolton goes on to show how to use his ideas in the practical assessment of real families.
His method allows clinicians and assessors to set priorities, throw out irrelevant details and begin to predict the likelihood of violence against children.
`Yours is certainly the best integration yet of a complex, sprawling body of literature. I hope it receives the widespread attention it deserves. You can feel justifiably proud of your achievement.' -- Michael E Lamb Professor of Psychology, University of Utah
`...I would recommend it to qualified counsellors who are in the "post-graduate" phase of their careers as therapists.' -- Marriage Guidance, Spring 1984
`...Bolton's is a useful and timely addition to the armamentarium of those struggling with the problem of child maltreatment.' -- Contemporary Psychology, Vol 29 No 5, 1984
`...provides an excellent discourse on the reasons for adolescent pregnancy, especially those repeated in succeeding generations, and the reasons for increased risks...This is an excellent synthesis of a great deal of research in the fields of child abuse, high-risk parenting, child development, maternal-infant bonding, and teenage pregnancy and parenthood.' -- Journal of Adolescent Health Care, Vol 5 No 2
`One of the most pleasing aspects of this new book is its readability. (The author) states his thesis, identifies basic concepts and underlying assumptions, and goes into some detail on each major area composing his theory...It is an interesting and successful attempt to combine several different points of view...' -- Harriet W Week, Doctoral Fellow, Smith College School for Social Work
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