Marital adjustment, child-rearing disagreements, and overreactive parenting: Predicting child behavior problems

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-216

  O'Leary, Susan G ^a   Vidair, Hilary B ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Child rearing disagreements; Children; Marital adjustment; Parental discipline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 22544468497     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.2.208     Document Type: Article

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