The role of maternal communication patterns about interparental disputes in associations between interparental conflict and child psychological maladjustment

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-771

  Gomulak Cavicchio, Beata M ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^a   Cummings, E Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maladjustment; Interparental conflict; Post conflict communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING DISAGREEMENT INVENTORY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFLICT; CONFLICT AND PROBLEM SOLVING SCALE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEM FOR CODING INTERACTIONS IN DYAD;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845416857     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9050-y     Document Type: Article

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