Racial variation in self-labeled child abuse and associated internalizing symptoms among adolescents who are high risk

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-181

  Lau, Anna S ^a   Huang, Marissa M ^a,f   Garland, Ann F ^b,g,h   McCabe, Kristen M ^c,g,h   Yeh, May ^d,g,h,i   Hough, Richard L ^d,e,g,h,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k University of New Mexico ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Cultural competence; Emotional abuse; Internalizing problems; Physical abuse; Race; Self labeled abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD ABUSE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645657267     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559505285776     Document Type: Article

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