The role of parental fearfulness and modeling in children's fear

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Muris, Peter ^a   Steerneman, Pim ^b   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Meesters, Cor ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Community Mental Health Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATHER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0029964678     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(95)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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