Preschool boys with pervasive hyperactivity: Early peer functioning and mother-child relationship influences

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-45

  Keown, Louise J ^a   Woodward, Lianne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hyperactivity; Parent child interaction; Parenting; Peer relations; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645123374     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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