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Peer reviewedRitchie, Kathy L.; Holden, George W. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Explored ability of parenting stress to predict maternal behaviors among low-income women, about half of whom were residing in a battered women's shelter. Assessed parenting stress, maternal adjustment, marital relationship, and responses to typical child behaviors. Found that parenting stress predicts use of positive behaviors like affection and…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Rearing, Coping, Family Violence Shelters
