Direct and indirect relationships between parental personality and externalising behaviour: The role of negative parenting

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-145

  Prinzie, Peter ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^b   Hellinckx, Walter ^b   Grietens, Hans ^b   Ghesquière, Pol ^b   Colpin, Hilde ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 27944454063     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-45-2-123     Document Type: Review

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