A Push or a punch: Distinguishing the severity of sibling violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-208

  Eriksen, Shelley ^a   Jensen, Vickie ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child violence; Corporal punishment; Gender and violence; Sibling aggression; Sibling violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 57049100448     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508316298     Document Type: Article

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