Domestic violence and maternal reports of young children's functioning

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 423-432

  Zerk, Danielle M ^a,c   Mertin, Peter G ^b   Proeve, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Family Division   (Australia)

^c Southern Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Maternal reports; Parent child relationship; Parenting stress; Post trauma symptoms; Trauma symptoms; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350009862     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9237-4     Document Type: Article

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