Psychosocial Characterization of Physically Abused Children from Low Socioeconomic Households in Comparison to Neglected and Nonmaltreated Children

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-453

  Finzi, Ricky ^a,b,d   Har Even, Dov ^a   Shnit, Dan ^c   Weizman, Abraham ^b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Characteristic symptoms; Personality characteristics; Physically abused children

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444294172     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020983308496     Document Type: Article

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