The role of mother-child joint play in the early development of children's conduct problems: A longitudinal observational study

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-378

  Gardner, Frances ^a   Ward, Sarah ^a   Burton, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduct problems; Joint play; Mother child interaction; Observational methods; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041570011     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.t01-1-00238     Document Type: Review

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