Exposure to violence, parental monitoring, and television viewing as contributors to children's psychological trauma

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 489-504

  Singer, Mark I ^a,d   Flannery, Daniel J ^b   Guo, Shenyang ^c   Miller, David ^a   Leibbrandt, Sylvia ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544310966     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20015     Document Type: Review

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