TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Psychopathology in Infancy
T2 - Illustration From the Study of Maltreated Youngsters
AU - Cicchetti, Dante
PY - 1987/12
Y1 - 1987/12
N2 - Infancy is a period of rapid developmental change, characterized by transitions and qualitative reorganizations within and among biological, social, emotional, cognitive, and linguistic systems. Consequently, it is argued that it is inappropriate to focus on discrete symptomatology to infer the presence of nascent or incipient infant psychopathology. Rather, disorders in infancy are best conceptualized as relational psychopathologies, that is, as consequences of dysfunction in the parent-child-environment system. Research in the area of child maltreatment is used to illustrate the developmental psychopathology perspective as it applies to relational disorders.
AB - Infancy is a period of rapid developmental change, characterized by transitions and qualitative reorganizations within and among biological, social, emotional, cognitive, and linguistic systems. Consequently, it is argued that it is inappropriate to focus on discrete symptomatology to infer the presence of nascent or incipient infant psychopathology. Rather, disorders in infancy are best conceptualized as relational psychopathologies, that is, as consequences of dysfunction in the parent-child-environment system. Research in the area of child maltreatment is used to illustrate the developmental psychopathology perspective as it applies to relational disorders.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.55.6.837
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.55.6.837
M3 - Article
C2 - 3320119
AN - SCOPUS:0023487397
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 55
SP - 837
EP - 845
JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JF - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
IS - 6
ER -
