Children's exposure to violence in the family and community

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 152-155

  Margolin, Gayla ^a   Gordis, Elana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children; Community violence; Interparental violence; Risk and resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043147807     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00296.x     Document Type: Review

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