Originally published in 1968, this book was an experimental investigation into some personality characteristics associated with three types of child problem behaviour. The behaviour of the children in school is described, and their underlying personality needs, as evinced by the stories they told to the author, are assessed. The behaviour at home of the asthmatic and road accident children is examined and their early developmental history traced. The part played by prolonged environmental stress, constitutional vulnerability and transitory needs is considered.
Author(s): Lindy Burton
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 288
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
I Children in Conflict
Part One: Road Accident Involvement in Children
II Road Accident Involvement in Children
III Clinical Speculations and Formulation of Basic Hypotheses
IV Previous Work on the Personality of Accident Involved Children
V The Personality Needs of Accident Involved Children
VI The Personality Needs of Mothers of Accident Involved Children
VII The Relationships between Need for Assertion and Environmental Stress
VIII Discussion of Present Findings
Part Two: Sexual Assault in Childhood
IX Introduction to the Problem of Studying the Sexually Assaulted Child
X Previous Discussion of the Problem
XI Formulation of the Basic Hypotheses
XII Previous Empirical Work on Personality and Subsequent Development
XIII The Personality Needs of Sexually Assaulted Children
XIV Unsettledness in Relation to the Time Lapse from the Assault
XV The Relationship between Intellectual Retardation and Affection Seeking
XVI Discussion of Present Findings
Part Three: Asthmatic Children
XVII Introduction to the Problem
XVIII Clinical Description and Formulation of Basic Hypotheses
XIX Previous Investigations of the Child and his Mother
XX The Personality Needs of Asthmatic Children
XXI The Relationship between Length of Illness and Degree of Unsettledness
XXII The Asthmatic Child's Mother and her Attitude towards him
XXIII Unsettling Environmental Experiences and the onset of Asthma
XXIV Child Problem Behaviour as perceived by the Mother
XXV Discussion of Present Findings
Appendix: A note on the validity of using questionnaire items as indices of maternal rejection
Bibliography
Index
