◎ contents 1. Life-span developmental outcomes of child maltreatment 2. A longitudinal study of high-risk families : issues and findings 3. The developmental consequences of child abuse : the lehigh longitudinal study 4. The early screening project 5. Research definitions of child physical abuse and neglect : current problems 6. Longitudinal studies in child maltretment : methodological considerations 7. Discovery-oriented, qualitative methods relevant to longitudinal research on child abuse and neglect 8. Measuring parental personality characteristics and psychopathology in child maltreatment research 9. Psychological abuse and childrearing belief systems 10. Measurement of parent-child interaction in studies of child maltreatment