Maternal distress explains the relationship of young African American mothers' violence exposure with their preschoolers' behavior

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-603

  Mitchell, Stephanie J ^a   Lewin, Amy ^a   Rasmussen, Andrew ^b   Horn, Ivor B ^a   Joseph, Jill G ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intergenerational transmission of trauma; mental health and violence; violence exposure; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751505027     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510363423     Document Type: Article

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