Linking childhood maltreatment with girls' internalizing symptoms: Early puberty as a tipping point

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 689-702

  Mendle, Jane ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^b   Van Ryzin, Mark ^b   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84911442987     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12075     Document Type: Article

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