The social ecology of adolescent-initiated parent abuse: A review of the literature

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-454

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Kral, Michael J ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a   Allen Meares, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Ecological model; Parent abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865585479     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-011-0273-y     Document Type: Review

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