Indicators of abuse or neglect in preschool children's drawings

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 10-17

  Carpenter, Margaret ^a   Kennedy, Margaret ^b   Armstrong, Annie Laurie ^c   Moore, Elizabeth ^d  

^a Childhaven ^*

^b John Wilson Branch of Childhaven   (United States)

^c Business Government Community Connections   (United States)

^d Applied Inference   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ART THERAPY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031115510     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0279-3695-19970401-13     Document Type: Article

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