Family Context, Victimization, and Child Trauma Symptoms: Variations in Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships During Early and Middle Childhood

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-219

  Turner, Heather A ^a   Finkelhor, David ^a   Ormrod, Richard ^a   Hamby, Sherry ^b   Leeb, Rebecca T ^c   Mercy, James A ^c   Holt, Melissa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of the South   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child trauma; Childhood victimization; Children; Family relationships; Safe, stable, and nurturing relationships; Violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SAFE STABLE AND NURTURING RELATIONSHIP; SEXUAL ABUSE; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859877128     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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