Childhood maltreatment and the mental health of low-income women

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-171

  Banyard, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032946327     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080418     Document Type: Article

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