Intergenerational transmission of partner violence: A 20-year prospective study

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 741-753

  Ehrensaft, Miriam K ^a   Cohen, Patricia ^a   Brown, Jocelyn ^a   Smailes, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Henian ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0041302520     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.4.741     Document Type: Article

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