Family functioning and children's adjustment: Associations among parents' depressed mood, marital hostility, parent-child hostility, and children's adjustment

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 394-403

  Low, Sabina M ^a,b   Stocker, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's adjustment; Family functioning; Marital hostility; Parent depressed mood; Parent child hostility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 27644568003     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.3.394     Document Type: Review

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