The relationship between a family-focused preventive intervention, parenting practices, and exposure to violence during the transition to adolescence: Testing a mediational model

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-66

  Matjasko, Jennifer L ^a   Vivolo Kantor, Alana M ^a   Henry, David B ^b   Gorman Smith, Deborah ^c   Schoeny, Michael E ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk; exposure to violence; families; mediators; parenting; prevention; transition to adolescence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84873309178     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2013.743947     Document Type: Article

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