The impact of parent-child attachment on aggression, social stress and self-esteem

School Psychology International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 552-566

  Ooi, Yoon Phaik ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^b   Fung, Daniel S S ^d   Wong, Geraldine ^d   Cai, Yiming ^c  

^a SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Childhood aggression; Parent child attachment; Peer relations; Self esteem; Social stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751200483     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034306073402     Document Type: Article

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