Behind the cycle of violence, beyond abuse history: A brief report on the association of parental attachment to physical child abuse potential

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-256

  Rodriguez, Christina M ^a   Tucker, Meagan C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Attachment; Child abuse potential; Child maltreatment; Cycle of violence; Family support; Physical abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051615406     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.2.246     Document Type: Article

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