Fathers and maternal risk for physical child abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Guterman, Neil B ^a   Lee, Yookyong ^b   Lee, Shawna J ^c   Waldfogel, Jane ^d   Rathouz, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Fathers; Marital status; Maternal risk; Physical child abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649094738     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559509337893     Document Type: Article

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