Maternal childhood abuse predicts externalizing behaviour in toddlers: A prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Myhre, Mia C ^a   Dyb, Grete A ^a   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^b   Grøgaard, Jens B ^c   Thoresen, Siri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child behaviour; childhood abuse; mental health; psychological distress; the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD ABUSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THE NORWEGIAN MOTHER AND CHILD COHORT STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILD BEHAVIOUR; CHILDHOOD ABUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; THE NORWEGIAN MOTHER AND CHILD COHORT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899421518     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813510983     Document Type: Article

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