Justification of violence beliefs and social problem-solving as mediators between maltreatment and behavior problems in adolescents

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-140

  Calvete, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggressive and delinquent behaviors; Beliefs; Depression; Maltreatment; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248375712     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006399     Document Type: Article

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