Childhood Violence Exposure: Cumulative and Specific Effects on Adult Mental Health

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 511-522

  Hooven, Carole ^a   Nurius, Paula S ^a   Logan Greene, Patricia ^b   Thompson, Elaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Suicide; Victimization; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864191181     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-012-9438-0     Document Type: Article

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