Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence as a Child Does Not Increase the Likelihood of Becoming an Adult Intimate Partner Violence Victim

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-418

  Ernst, Amy A ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^a   Del Castillo, Christie ^a   Aagaard, Jaime ^a   Marvez Valls, Eduardo ^a   D'Angelo, Juliet ^a   Combs, Shanna ^a   Feuchter, Alexander ^a   Hegyi, Michael ^a   Clark, Ross ^a   Coffman, Brittany ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

adult child witness; child witness of intimate partner violence; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; VICTIM; WITNESS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147184336     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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