Children and political violence from a social ecological perspective: Implications from research on children and families in Northern Ireland

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-38

  Cummings, E Mark ^a   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^b   Schermerhorn, Alice C ^a   Merrilees, Christine E ^a   Cairns, Ed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Community violence; Emotional security; Family conflict; Political violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 62849122407     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-009-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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