Caregiver unresolved loss and abuse and child behavior problems: Intergenerational effects in a high-risk sample

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-187

  Zajac, Kristyn ^a   Kobak, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649119988     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457940900011X     Document Type: Article

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