Relationships between experiences of parental violence during childhood and women's self-esteem

Violence and Victims

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-77

  Downs, William R ^a   Miller, Brenda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b Research Institute on Addictions

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CLASS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031799450     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.13.1.63     Document Type: Article

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