Risk factors for child and adolescent maltreatment: A longitudinal investigation of a cohort of inner-city youth

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-88

  Mersky, Joshua P ^a   Berger, Lawrence M ^b   Reynolds, Arthur J ^c   Gromoske, Andrea N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological models; Etiology; Longitudinal research; Neglect; Physical abuse; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149489778     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508318399     Document Type: Article

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