Community violence, family conflict, and preschoolers socioemotional functioning

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 160-170

  Farver, Jo Ann M ^a   Xu, Yiyuan ^b   Eppe, Stefanie ^a   Fernandez, Alicia ^a   Schwartz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 12444326184     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.160     Document Type: Article

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