Child abuse and the balance of power in parental relationships: An evolved domain-independent mental mechanism that accounts for behavioral variation

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 679-689

  Penn Handwerker, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EMOTION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROLOGY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PLASTICITY; POVERTY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ANTIGUA; BARBADOS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0034883406     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1106     Document Type: Article

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