Interparental conflict and child adjustment: Testing the mediational role of appraisals in the cognitive-contextual framework

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1648-1661

  Grych, John H ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b   Jouriles, Ernest N ^c   McDonald, Renee ^c  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034328908     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00255     Document Type: Article

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