Divorcing the parents: The impact of adolescents' exposure to father-to-mother aggression on their perceptions of affinity with their parents

Journal of Emotional Abuse

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-121

  Winstok, Zeev ^a   Eisikovits, Zvi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child and adolescent witnessing interparental violence; Conflicts in intimate relationships; Developmental risk factors; Parent adolescent relationships; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTIMACY; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0141571105     PISSN: 10926798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J135v03n01_05     Document Type: Article

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