Teachers' recognition and reporting of child abuse: A factorial survey

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1083-1101

  O'Toole, Richard ^a   Webster, Stephen W ^a   O'Toole, Anita W ^a   Lucal, Betsy ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Recognition; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING;

EID: 0032863827     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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