An ecological-transactional analysis of children and contexts: The longitudinal interplay among child maltreatment, community violence, and children's symptomatology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-257

  Lynch, Michael ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b  

^a Mt Hope Family Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIALIZATION; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032013735     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457949800159X     Document Type: Article

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