Marital conflict, parent-child relations, and youth maladjustment: A longitudinal investigation of spillover effects

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 951-975

  Gerard, Jean M ^a   Krishnakumar, Ambika ^b   Buehler, Cheryl ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Marital conflict; Parent child relationship; Spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744808604     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05286020     Document Type: Article

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