Beyond Cumulative Risk: A Dimensional Approach to Childhood Adversity

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 239-245

  McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Sheridan, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse; childhood adversity; cumulative risk; deprivation; learning; neglect; poverty; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981308675     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721416655883     Document Type: Article

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