The abused child as parent

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 797-807

  Gara, Michael A ^a,c   Rosenberg, Seymour ^b   Herzog, Elaine P ^c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child abuse; Child development; Cluster analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030248603     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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