Variations in parenting stress in African-American battered women: Implications for children's adjustment and family intervention

European Psychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-71

  Hughes, Honore M ^a   Huth Bocks, Alissa C ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's adjustment; Family intervention; Intimate partner violence; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947269357     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.12.1.62     Document Type: Article

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