Parenting in battered women: The effects of domestic violence on women and their children

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-192

  Levendosky, Alytia A ^a   Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Child abuse; Children; Domestic violence; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035354427     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011111003373     Document Type: Article

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