Parental child abuse potential and subsequent coping competence in disadvantaged preschool children: Moderating effects of sex and ethnicity

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-235

  Lopez, Cristina M ^a   Begle, Angela Moreland ^a   Dumas, Jean E ^b   de Arellano, Michael A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child abuse potential; Child coping; Child maltreatment; Ethnic differences; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84861708110     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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