Appraisals of Negative Events by Preadolescent Children of Divorce

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2166-2182

  Sheets, Virgil ^a   Sandler, Irwin ^b   West, Stephen G ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 0030253218     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01850.x     Document Type: Article

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