Parent-child relationship disorders: What do the Child Vulnerability Scale and the Parent Protection Scale measure?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-356

  Thomasgard, Michael ^a,c   Metz, W Peter ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0032970401     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800605     Document Type: Article

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