Parental responses to sibling conflict: The effects of development and parent gender

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1401-1414

  Kramer, Laurie ^a   Perozynski, Lisa A ^b   Chung, Tsai Yen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING RELATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 0033219859     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00102     Document Type: Article

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