Marital conflict and children's adjustment: Parental hostility and children's interpretations as mediators

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-161

  Stocker, Clare M ^a   Richmond, Melissa K ^a   Low, Sabina M ^a   Alexander, Elise K ^a   Elias, Nadine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's adjustment; Children's cognitive appraisals; Marital relationships; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038443846     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00226     Document Type: Review

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