Domestic violence and longitudinal associations with children's physiological regulation abilities

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1669-1683

  Rigterink, Tami ^a   Katz, Lynn Fainsilber ^a   Hessler, Danielle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; emotion regulation; vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VAGUS NERVE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77955330688     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354589     Document Type: Article

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