Parent-child emotional communication and children's coping in middle childhood

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-612

  Gentzler, Amy L ^a,d   Contreras Grau, Josefina M ^b   Kerns, Kathryn A ^b   Weimer, Barbara L ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotions; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844566733     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00319.x     Document Type: Review

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