Interparental conflict and preschoolers' peer relations: The moderating roles of temperament and gender

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  David, Kevin M ^a,c   Murphy, Bridget C ^b  

^a University of Fuget Sound   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Interparental conflict; Peer relations; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846632739     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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