NOTHING Worse Than Abuse

Widom (1989) has noted, there is a need to study neglect separately from abuse because of the evidence from certain studies that neglected children may even be more dysfunctional and aggressive than children who are physically abused. Noxious stimuli may actually be less detrimental to development than no stimulation at all.

Nothing, as I keep saying, is a very important causal influence and is so easy to overlook because it literally does not exist!

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Widom, C.S. (1989), The cycle of violence. Science
244:160-166.

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