Child-Related Disagreements, Verbal Aggression, and Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Lee, Catherine M ^a   Beauregard, Christine ^a,b   Bax, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b University of Ottawa ^*

Author keywords

Child related disagreements; Conflict; Coparenting; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 22544473317     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.2.237     Document Type: Article

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