Comparison of Parent and Child Reports on Child Maltreatment in a Representative Household Sample in Hong Kong

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-21

  Chan, Ko Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agreement; Child maltreatment; Child report; Parent report; Reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857236955     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-011-9405-1     Document Type: Article

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