Pathways from marital aggression to infant emotion regulation: The development of withdrawal in infancy

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-113

  Crockenberg, Susan C ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^b   Lekka, Shamila K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress to novelty; Emotion regulation; Family systems; Father caregiving; Marital conflict; Negative maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CONFLICT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERAMENT; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33846815487     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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