Couple power dynamics, systemic family functioning, and child adjustment: A test of a mediational model in a multiethnic sample

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 609-630

  Lindahl, Kristin M ^a,b   Malik, Neena M ^a   Kaczynski, Karen ^a   Simons, Julie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 16644397541     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579404004699     Document Type: Article

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