Physical child abuse and adolescent violent delinquency: The mediating and moderating roles of personal relationships

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-219

  Salzinger, Suzanne ^a   Rosario, Margaret ^b   Feldman, Richard S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment to friends; Attachment to parents; Friends' delinquency; Physical child abuse; Violent delinquency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547173529     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507301839     Document Type: Article

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