Parent-child aggression: Association with child abuse potential and parenting styles

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 728-741

  Rodriguez, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child physical abuse; Disciplinary style; Parent child conflict; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78651365947     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.6.728     Document Type: Article

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