Child maltreatment and adult health in a national sample: Heterogeneous relational contexts, divergent effects?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-406

  Schafer, Markus H ^a   Morton, Patricia M ^b   Ferraro, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Course; Emotional maltreatment; Health; Life; Parent child relationship; Physical maltreatment; Retrospective reports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898431118     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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