Children's coping with marital conflict: The role of conflict expression and gender

Social Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-247

  Shelton, Katherine H ^a   Harold, Gordon T ^a   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^b   Cummings, E Mark ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Child coping; Child gender; Marital conflict; Parent gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645734897     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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