Reliability of self-reported childhood physical abuse by adults and factors predictive of inconsistent reporting

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-668

  McKinney, Christy M ^a   Harris, T Robert ^a   Caetano, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Health survey; Population based; Prevalence; Reporting practices

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONSISTENT REPORTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350147832     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.653     Document Type: Article

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