Contribution of Family Violence to the Intergenerational Transmission of Externalizing Behavior

Prevention Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-383

  Ehrensaft, Miriam K ^a,b   Cohen, Patricia ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Family violence; Intimate partner violence; Parenting; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864383755     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-011-0223-8     Document Type: Article

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