Examining the Link between Child Abuse and Youth Violence: An Analysis of Mediating Mechanisms

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1189-1208

  Herrenkohl, Todd I ^a   Huang, Bu ^a   Tajima, Emiko A ^a   Whitney, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Mediation; Prospective and retrospective measurement of abuse; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141819071     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503255558     Document Type: Article

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