The impact of emotional abuse on psychological distress among child protective services-involved adolescents with borderline-to-mild intellectual disability

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-159

  Weiss, Jonathan A ^a   Waechter, Randall ^b   Wekerle, Christine ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Intellectual disability; IQ; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957946558     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2011.574677     Document Type: Article

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