A prospective examination of the path from child abuse and neglect to illicit drug use in middle adulthood: The potential mediating role of four risk factors

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-354

  Wilson, Helen W ^a,b   Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood neglect; Childhood physical abuse; Childhood sexual abuse; Drug use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59549086314     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9331-6     Document Type: Article

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