Effects of childhood adversity on bullying and cruelty to animals in the United States: Findings from a national sample

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3509-3525

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Beaver, Kevin M ^b   DeLisi, Matt ^c   Perron, Brian E ^d   Howard, Matthew O ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; animal cruelty; bullying; child abuse and neglect; childhood risk; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053992696     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511403763     Document Type: Article

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