Maternal attributions and expressed emotion as predictors of attendance at parent management training

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 436-448

  Peters, Sarah ^a   Calam, Rachel ^b   Harrington, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Behaviour; Expressed emotion; Maternal depression; Parent management training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFFECT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 17144369892     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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