Mothers’ abusive childhood predicts child abuse

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 231-250

  Haapasalo, Jaana ^a   Aaltonen, Terhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protection services; Intergenerational transmission of abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000251780     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199907/08)8:4<231::AID-CAR547>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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