Language comprehension and expression among adolescents who have experienced childhood physical abuse

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 551-562

  McFadyen, Ruth G ^a,b   Kitson, Wendy J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood physical abuse; Language comprehension; Language expression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029969984     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01441.x     Document Type: Article

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