Continuity and pathways from aggression in childhood to family violence in adulthood: A 30-year longitudinal study

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-242

  Temcheff, Caroline E ^a,d   Serbin, Lisa A ^a   Martin Storey, Alexa ^a   Stack, Dale M ^a   Hodgins, Sheilagh ^b   Ledingham, Jane ^c   Schwartzman, Alex E ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood aggression; Family violence; High psychosocial risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749115604     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9147-2     Document Type: Article

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