Parental distress and children’s problems among single-parent families in China

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-260

  Cheung, Chau Kiu ^a   Liu, Elaine Suk Ching ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COERCION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0031227508     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329709596665     Document Type: Article

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