Beyond searching for deficits: Evidence that physically and emotionally abused women are nurturing parents

Journal of Emotional Abuse

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-71

  Juras, Jennifer ^a   Sullivan, Cris M ^a   Nguyen, Huong ^a   Allen, Nicole ^a   Bybee, Deborah ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Domestic violence; Emotional abuse; Family violence; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033840775     PISSN: 10926798     EISSN: 15404714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J135v02n01_05     Document Type: Article

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