A further look at the intergenerational transmission of violence: Witnessing interparental violence in emerging adulthood

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1022-1042

  Black, David S ^a   Sussman, Steve ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Intergenerational transmission; Interparental violence; Intimate partner violence; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951533134     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509340539     Document Type: Article

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