Teenage mothers' anger over twelve years: Partner conflict, partner transitions and children's anger

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 775-782

  Jenkins, Jennifer M ^a   Shapka, Jennifer D ^b   Sorenson, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's emotional and behavioral problems; Indirect effects; Longitudinal analysis; Marital conflict; Marital transitions; Maternal anger; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33746142415     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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