Maladaptive Mother/Child Relationships

The article critiqued is "Maladaptive MotherChild Relationships: A Pilot Study" (Sachs and Hall, 1991, pp. 226233). The article is critiqued in the context of problem statement, conceptual framework, purpose, design, sample, instruments, procedure, analysis, and discussion.

The problem investigated in the study reported in the article concerned the links between factors assumed to be associated with maladaptive motherchild relationships and the behavior of children involved in such relationships. The problem investigated in the reported study was not explicitly identified. Rather, it is necessary for the reader to derive the nature of the problem from statements included in the background material presented in the article introduction. Thus, it cannot be said that the problem investigated is stated precisely and clearly in the article.

The problem investigated in the study reported in the article was delimited in scope. The delimitation was accomplished through statements in the background material as a part of the article introduction that identified the variables examined in the study. The investigation of the problem through the study reported article was justified by the authors on the grounds that existing studies reported in the literature either used inappropriate comparison groups, or relied to a great extent on incomplete data.

The theoretical and practical significance of the

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and measures of maladaptive maternal parenting would both provide an improved explanation for some child behavior and permit clinicians to predict child behavior in motherchild relationships characterized by maladaptive maternal parenting. Design The research design was crosssectional and two group. Each group was comprised of 20 lowincome mothers. One group included mothers whose preschool children had been referred to a family care center for suspected child abuse or neglect, while the second group included mothers whose preschool children attended a universitybased pediatric clinic, but had not been referred for abuse or neglect. This design was consistent with the purpose of relating maladaptive parenting to child behavior. The design was appropriate in the context of the problem investigated and in the context of research design knowledge. As such, the design was neither too complex nor inadequate with respect to the study purpose. The authors identified a threat to the validity of the study as misperceptions of child behavior. The authors clearly saw this threat in the context of maternal misperceptions. Thus, they attempted to correct the problem by incorporating teacher perceptions of child behavior as an adj
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Approximate Word count = 2365
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)

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