Child and partner abuse: Self-reported prevalence and attitudes in the north of Portugal

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 657-670

  Machado, Carla ^a   Gonçalves, Miguel ^a   Matos, Marlene ^a   Dias, Ana Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child abuse; Family violence; Partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34447505971     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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