Traumatic events and maternal education as predictors of verbal ability for preschool children exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^a   Howell, Kathryn H ^a   Miller, Laura E ^a   Kwek, Jean ^a   Lilly, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Preschool children; Trauma; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951204087     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9299-3     Document Type: Article

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