Adolescent Female Firesetters
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 36 (6) , 401-404
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674379103600604
Abstract
A retrospective study of the charts of 13 female adolescent firesetters revealed severe family and individual pathology. The parents had a history of separation, violence, alcohol and/or drug abuse, and inability to take care of the children. The girls had a long history of serious behavioural problems. Four girls had set one fire, six had set several fires within a period of a few days, three had a long-standing history of setting fires. The girls showed a lack of remorse or concern for their behaviours.Keywords
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