Anger transmission from mother to child: A comparison of mothers in chronic pain and well mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-73

  Downey, Geraldine ^a   Purdie, Valerie ^a   Schaffer Neitz, Rebecca ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Daily diary; Emotion transmission; Pain; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074803     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353883     Document Type: Article

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