Assessing children's emotional security in the interparental relationship: The security in the interparental subsystem scales

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 544-562

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Forman, Evan M ^a   Rasi, Jennifer A ^a   Stevens, Kristopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036516624     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00423     Document Type: Review

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