Research Review: Risk and resilience in cases of emotional abuse

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Iwaniec, Dorota ^a,b   Larkin, Emma ^a   Higgins, Siobhán ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Instit Child Care Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional abuse; Psychological maltreatment; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645035026     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00398.x     Document Type: Review

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