Verbal and Physical Abuse Toward Mothers: The Role of Family Configuration, Environment, and Coping Strategies

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Pagani, Linda ^a,b   Larocque, Denis ^c   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression toward parents; Violence against parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037215897     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022599504726     Document Type: Article

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