The Role of Parenting Stress in Young Children's Mental Health Functioning After Exposure to Family Violence

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 605-612

  Roberts, Yvonne Humenay ^a   Campbell, Christina A ^a   Ferguson, Monette ^b   Crusto, Cindy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ABCD Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886100178     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21842     Document Type: Article

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