What predicts injury from physical punishment?. A test of the typologies of violence hypothesis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 752-765

  Gonzalez, Miriam ^a   Durrant, Joan E ^a   Chabot, Martin ^b   Trocmé, Nico ^b   Brown, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Injury; Physical punishment; Typologies of violence hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PUNISHMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 50449101516     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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