Intimate Partner Violence Involving Children and the Parenting Role: Associations with Maternal Outcomes

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 387-399

  Ahlfs Dunn, Sarah M ^a   Huth Bocks, Alissa C ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intimate partner violence; Mental health; Parenting; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SINGLE WOMAN;

EID: 84949979174     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-015-9791-x     Document Type: Article

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