Adaptation and validation of the parent-child conflict tactics scale for use in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-14

  De Zoysa, Piyanjali ^a   Rajapakse, Lalini ^a   Newcombe, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non violent discipline; Physical abuse; Psychological aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SRI LANKA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 20644459915     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i1.1582     Document Type: Article

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