Making Sense of Family Conflict: Intimate Partner Violence and Preschoolers' Externalizing Problems

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-11

  Minze, Laura C ^a   McDonald, Renee ^a   Rosentraub, Erica L ^a   Jouriles, Ernest N ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing problems; family violence; intimate partner violence; narrative coherence; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 77649086333     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018071     Document Type: Article

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