Physical Maltreatment Victim to Antisocial Child: Evidence of an Environmentally Mediated Process

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-55

  Jaffee, Sara R ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c   Taylor, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER; PREDICTION; RISK; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1242297560     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.1.44     Document Type: Article

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