Does Severity of Physical Neglect Moderate the Impact of an Efficacious Preventive Intervention for Maltreated Children in Foster Care?

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-64

  Taussig, Heather N ^a   Culhane, Sara E ^a   Garrido, Edward ^a   Knudtson, Michael D ^a   Petrenko, Christie L M ^b  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

foster care; intervention; mental health services; neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHER;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTORS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84875079985     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512461397     Document Type: Article

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