The effects of exposure to violence on young children

American Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 782-788

  Osofsky, Joy D ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029372949     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.782     Document Type: Article

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