Child maltreatment: Prevalence, risk, solutions, obstacles

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Ronan, Kevin R ^a   Canoy, Doreen F ^a   Burke, Karena J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child and adolescent psychopathology; Child maltreatment; Childhood; Clinical counselling psychology; Family issues; Organisational behaviour; Parent child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449561508     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060903148560     Document Type: Article

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