Annotation : Implications of violence between intimate partners for child psychologists and psychiatrists

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Conduct disorder; Domestic violence; Marital disharmony; Natural history; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031990068     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963097001819     Document Type: Article

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