Harsh discipline and child problem behaviors: The roles of positive parenting and gender

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-196

  McKee, Laura ^a   Roland, Erin ^a   Coffelt, Nicole ^a   Olson, Ardis L ^b   Forehand, Rex ^a   Massari, Christina ^a   Jones, Deborah ^c   Gaffney, Cecelia A ^b   Zens, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Child problem behaviors; Physical and verbal discipline; Positive parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248999800     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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