Assessment of the effect of physical child abuse within an ecological framework: Measurement issues

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 319-344

  Stockhammer, Tanya F ^a   Salzinger, Suzanne ^a   Feldman, Richard S ^a   Mojica, Elena ^a   Primavera, Louis H ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035607083     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.1020     Document Type: Article

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