Interparental discord and child adjustment: Prospective investigations of emotional security as an planatory mechanism

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-152

  Cummings, E Mark ^a   Schermerhorn, Alice C ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^b   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^a,c   Cummings, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644949224     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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