Children's Exposure to Violence in the Family and Community
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Children’s Exposure to Violence in the Family and Community
Exposure to family and community violence is linked with aggression, depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and academic and cognitive difficulties. It has the potential to permeate many dimensions of children’s day-to-day lives and to erode possible sources of social support. Although the literature focuses on deleterious outcomes, many children fare well in the face of exposure to violenc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Directions in Psychological Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0963-7214,1467-8721
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00296.x