Trajectories of maternal verbal aggression across the middle school years: Associations with negative view of self and social problems

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 814-830

  Donovan, Kera L ^a   Brassard, Marla R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Conflict Tactics Scale; Middle school; Psychological maltreatment; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REYNOLDS ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE; REYNOLDS CHILD DEPRESSION SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 80055089787     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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