The link between maltreatment and juvenile firesetting: Correlates and underlying mechanisms

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-176

  Root, C ^a,c   MacKay, S ^a,b   Henderson, J ^a,b   Del Bove, G ^a   Warling, D ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Kinark Child and Family Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Child abuse; Children's externalizing behaviors; Juvenile fire involvement; Juvenile firesetting; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARSON; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECIDIVISM;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 40749158786     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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