Children's responses to conflict between their different parents: Mothers, stepfathers, nonresident fathers, and nonresident stepmothers

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-234

  Dunn, Judy ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^b   Cheng, Helen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 20744449786     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3402_2     Document Type: Article

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