Training parents to mediate sibling disputes affects children's negotiation and conflict understanding

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 790-805

  Smith, Julie ^a   Ross, Hildy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING RELATION; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PARENTS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 34248683921     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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