Intergenerational Studies of Parenting and the Transfer of Risk From Parent to Child

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 138-142

  Serbin, Lisa ^a   Karp, Jennifer ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intergenerational; Longitudinal; Parenting; Psychopathology; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041917478     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01249     Document Type: Review

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