Mutual influence of marital conflict and children's behavior problems: Shared and nonshared family risks

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-39

  Jenkins, Jennifer ^a   Simpson, Anna ^a   Dunn, Judy ^b,d   Rasbash, Jon ^b,e   O'Connor, Thomas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14844298695     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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