Less efficient detection of positive facial expressions in parents at risk of engaging in child physical abuse
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DOI: 10.1186/s40359-019-0333-9
Abstract: BackgroundParental physical punishment (e.g., spanking) of children can gradually escalate into child physical abuse (CPA). According to social-information processing (SIP) models of aggressive behaviors, distorted social cognitive mechanisms can increase the risk of maladaptive parenting… read more here.
Keywords: risk; facial expressions; positive facial; cpa risk ... See more keywords