Parents' judgements about young children's problems: Why mothers and fathers might disagree yet still predict later outcomes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1249-1258

  Dale F, Hay ^b   Sharp, Deborah ^c   Pawlby, Susan ^a   Schmücker, Gesine ^c   Mills, Alice ^a   Allen, Helen ^a   Kumar, R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Conformity; Fathers; Informant disagreement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RATING SCALE; TEACHER;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 0344182438     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004795     Document Type: Article

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