Clinically Abusive Relationships in an Unselected Birth Cohort: Men's and Women's Participation and Developmental Antecedents

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-270

  Ehrensaft, Miriam K ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 2142655793     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.2.258     Document Type: Article

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