Screening for harsh punishment in a pediatric primary care clinic

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 269-277

  Feigelman, Susan ^a   Dubowitz, Howard ^a   Lane, Wendy ^a   Prescott, Leslie ^a   Meyer, Walter ^a   Tracy, J Kathleen ^a   Kim, Jeongeun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Psychological aggression; Screening; Spanking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HARSH PUNISHMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENT CHILD CONFLICT TACTIC SCALE; PARENT SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349201378     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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