Marital discord and child behavior problems: Parent-child relationship quality and child interpersonal awareness as mediators

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-163

  Harrist, Amanda W ^a   Ainslie, Ricardo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032221570     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251398019002002     Document Type: Article

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