Fathering by partner-abusive men: Attitudes on children's exposure to interparental conflict and risk factors for child abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  Salisbury, Emily J ^a   Henning, Kris ^a   Holdford, Robert ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exchange Club Family Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Domestic intimate partner violence; Fathers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OREGON; PARENTING; PRISONERS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 69649086771     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559509338407     Document Type: Article

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