Mediated paths to overreactive discipline: Mothers' experienced emotion, appraisals, and physiological responses

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 972-981

  Lorber, Michael F ^a,b   O'Leary, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotion; Parenting; Psychophysiology; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIDEORECORDING; CHILD REARING; EDUCATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 27844603768     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.5.972     Document Type: Article

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