Maternal Childhood Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Child Psychopathology: The Mediator Role of Mothers' Mental Health

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-68

  Miranda, Jenniffer K ^a,b   de la Osa, Nuria ^a   Granero, Roser ^a   Ezpeleta, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

child and adolescent psychopathology; intimate partner violence; maternal childhood abuse; mothers' mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPAIN; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874534654     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212475337     Document Type: Article

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