Young children's responding to interparental conflict: Associations with marital aggression and child adjustment

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-244

  Martin, Sarah E ^a,c   Clements, Mari L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Marital aggression; Marital conflict; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242791440     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015133827129     Document Type: Article

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