The associations between community violence, television violence, intimate partner violence, parent-child aggression, and aggression in sibling relationships of a sample of preschoolers

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-178

  Miller, Laura E ^a   Grabell, Adam ^a   Thomas, Alvin ^a   Bermann, Eric ^a   Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; maternal depression; Sibling aggression; violence exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874075554     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027254     Document Type: Article

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