Moderating effects of mothers' attribution on the relationships between their affect and parenting behaviors and children's aggressive behaviors

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-50

  Katsurada, Emiko ^a   Sugawara, Alan I ^b  

^a Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive children; Mothers' affect; Mothers' attributional style; Parenting behaviors; Transactional model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347436156     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009407631426     Document Type: Article

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