NCJ Number
29774
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Dated: (1975) Pages: 22-26
Date Published
1975
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE TENTATIVE AND UNVALIDATED CONCLUSIONS OF SOME STATISTICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF FIRESETTERS; HE ALSO REVIEWS SOME THEORIES LINKING FIRE SETTING TO SUCH THINGS AS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND ENURESIS.
Abstract
THE MOST DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS LINK FIRESETTING TO DISPLACED ANGER TOWARD SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND SPECIFICALLY TOWARD PARENTS, OCCASIONED BY SEPARATION AND REJECTION EXPERIENCED IN CHILDHOOD. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)