The influence of family violence on youth attitudes

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-99

  Slovak, Karen ^a   Carlson, Karen ^a   Helm, Linda ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community; Home; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947422043     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-006-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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