Interparental conflict, community violence, and child problems: Making sense of counterintuitive findings

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-283

  Rosenfield, David ^a   Jouriles, Ernest N ^a   McDonald, Renee ^a   Mueller, Victoria ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; Internalizing problems; Interparental conflict; Threat appraisals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMMUNITY VIOLENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84902967124     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099805     Document Type: Article

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