Development and confirmatory factor analysis of the community norms of child neglect scale

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-85

  Goodvin, Rebecca ^a   Johnson, David R ^b   Hardy, Sam A ^c   Graef, Michelle I ^a   Chambers, Jeff M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child neglect; Measure; Norms; Perceptions; Rural urban; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845987049     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559506296667     Document Type: Article

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