Mothers' self-reported violence toward their children: A multifaceted risk analysis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1923-1933

  Peltonen, Kirsi ^a   Ellonen, Noora ^b   Pösö, Tarja ^a   Lucas, Steven ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Tampere College of Nursing   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children; Corporal punishment; Mothers; Risks; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIFACETED RISK ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918771764     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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