Factors moderating children's adjustment to parental separation: Findings from a community study in England

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-250

  Cheng, Helen ^a   Dunn, Judy ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^b   Golding, Jean ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Longitudinal studies; Marital relationship quality; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33744957387     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-005-9013-8     Document Type: Article

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