Explanatory style, dispositional optimism, and reported parental behavior

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-499

  Hjelle, Larry A ^a   Busch, Elizabeth A ^a   Warren, John E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030344685     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1996.9914881     Document Type: Article

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