The intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviors in adult participants: The mediating role of childhood abuse

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1135-1145

  Verona, Edelyn ^a   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Childhood abuse; Externalizing; Familial transmission; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY; DAUGHTER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; POPULATION; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 31544459200     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1135     Document Type: Article

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