Exposure to partner violence and child behavior problems: A prospective study controlling for child physical abuse and neglect, child cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and life stress

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-218

  Yates, Tuppett M ^a   Dodds, Michele F ^a   Sroufe, L Alan ^a   Egeland, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0142228262     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579403000117     Document Type: Article

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