A Multidimensional View of Continuity in Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment

Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-129

  Berzenski, Sara R ^a   Yates, Tuppett M ^b   Egeland, Byron ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Maltreatment; Child Physical Abuse; Child Sexual Abuse; Intergenerational Transmission; Maternal Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938204768     PISSN: 22119701     EISSN: 2211971X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7208-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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