Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being After Parental Intimate Partner Homicide: A Systematic Review

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 328-345

  Alisic, Eva ^a   Krishna, Revathi N ^a,b   Groot, Arend ^c   Frederick, John W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sangath   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Domestic violence; Femicide; Intimate partner violence; PTSD; Uxoricide

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PARENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; PARENTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84946492799     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-015-0193-7     Document Type: Review

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