The Child Maltreatment Log: A Computer-Based Program for Describing Research Samples

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-48

  Sternberg, Kathleen J ^a   Knutson, John F ^b   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Baradaran, Laila P ^a   Nolan, Catherine M ^c,d,e   Flanzer, Sally ^c,f  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Children's Bureau   (United States)

^d Child Protection and Safety

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^f Agy for Hlthcare Res and Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Computerized data collection; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Systematic data collection; Systematic definitions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 2342536502     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559503261265     Document Type: Article

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