Parent-youth discordance about youth-witnessed violence: Associations with trauma symptoms and service use in an at-risk sample

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 790-797

  Lewis, Terri ^a   Thompson, Richard ^b   Kotch, Jonathan B ^c   Proctor, Laura J ^d   Litrownik, Alan J ^e   English, Diana J ^f   Runyan, Desmond K ^g   Wiley, Tisha R A ^b   Dubowitz, Howard ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Juvenile Protective Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance; Mental health services; Trauma; Witnessed violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; YOUTH WITNESSED VIOLENCE;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84872390076     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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