Assessing the emotional availability of parents

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-226

  Lum, Joyce J ^a   Phares, Vicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Emotional availability; Fathers; Functioning; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUM EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY OF PARENTS MEASURE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17444396719     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-005-0637-3     Document Type: Review

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