Interpretations of child compliance in individuals at high- and low-risk for child physical abuse.

Objective: Our studies compared individuals at high- and low-risk for child physical abuse on measures of social information processing.

Method: Two studies were conducted using similar methods. Twenty-eight childless women in Study 1 and 36 mothers in Study 2 read vignettes of parent-child interactions in which the child's level of compliance was difficult to interpret.