Fostering social competence in preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence: Evaluating the preschool kids' club intervention

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-445

  Howell, Kathryn H ^a   Miller, Laura E ^a   Lilly, Michelle M ^b   Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community interventions; group therapy; partner violence; preschool children; social competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84877656842     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2013.775986     Document Type: Article

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