A longitudinal examination of the associations between fathers' and children's attributions and negative interactions

Social Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 473-487

  MacKinnon Lewis, Carol ^a   Castellino, Domini R ^b   Brody, Gene H ^b   Fincham, Frank D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Univ North Carolina at Greensboro ^*

Author keywords

Aggression; Attributions; Fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035615981     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00176     Document Type: Article

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