The minimizing style: Perceptions of psychological abuse and quality of past and current relationships

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1041-1055

  Varia, Rachna ^a   Abidin, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimizing; Parenting styles; Perception of abuse; Protective factor; Psychosocial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032870050     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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