Matchplay and firesetting in children: Relationship to parent, marital, and family dysfunction

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Title:

Matchplay and firesetting in children: Relationship to parent, marital, and family dysfunction.

Authors:

Kolko, David J., U Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Inst & Clinic, PA, US
Kazdin, Alan E.

Source:

Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol 19(3), Sep, 1990. pp. 229-238.

Publisher:

US: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Other Journal Titles:

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Other Publishers:

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

ISSN:

0047-228X (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

childrearing & marital & family dysfunction, match play & firesetting, 6–13 yr old psychiatric inpatients vs outpatients vs nonpatients & their parents

Abstract:

477 6–13 yr old children recruited from nonpatient, outpatient, and inpatient populations were classified into firesetter (n = 198), matchplayer (n = 40), or no fire (n =  239) groups. Measures related to firesetting, parent psychopathology, dyadic adjustment, and family functioning were used. Parents of firesetters reported more psychological distress, marital disagreement, and exposure to stressful life events, and less child acceptance, monitoring, discipline, and involvement in activities that enhanced the child's personal development and family relationships, when compared with parents of nonfiresetters. Firesetting children characterized their parents' child-rearing practices as involving lax discipline, nonenforcement, and anxiety induction. The scores for matchplayers generally fell between those of the other 2 groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Arson; *Childrearing Practices; *Dysfunctional Family; *Marital Relations; *Psychiatric Patients

Classification:

Criminal Behavior & Juvenile Delinquency (3236)

Population:

Human (10)

Age Group:

Childhood (birth-12 yrs) (100)
School Age (6-12 yrs) (180)
Adolescence (13-17 yrs) (200)

Methodology:

Empirical Study

Format Availablability:

Electronic; Print

Format Covered:

Print

Publication Type:

Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Journal Article

Release Date:

19910401

Accession Number:

1991-10119-001

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