How Much Does "How Much" Matter? Assessing the Relationship Between Children's Lifetime Exposure to Violence and Trauma Symptoms, Behavior Problems, and Parenting Stress

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1338-1362

  Hickman, Laura J ^a   Jaycox, Lisa H ^b   Setodji, Claude M ^b   Kofner, Aaron ^b   Schultz, Dana ^b   Barnes Proby, Dionne ^b   Harris, Racine ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; community violence; domestic violence; mental health and violence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874776847     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512468239     Document Type: Article

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