Child physical abuse: Prevalence, characteristics, predictors, and beliefs about parent-child violence in South Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Latina women in the United States

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1406-1428

  Maker, Azmaira H ^a,d,e   Shah, Priti V ^b   Agha, Zia ^c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Marquette University   (United States)

^e Georgia State University ^*

Author keywords

Child physical abuse; East Asian; Latina; Middle Eastern women; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744550592     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505278713     Document Type: Article

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