Abusive parents' reports of child behavior problems: Relationship to observed parent-child interactions

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-655

  Lau, Anna S ^a   Valeri, Sylvia M ^b   McCarty, Carolyn A ^c   Weisz, John R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive parents; Child behavior problems; Externalizing behavior problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745211017     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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