Children's expectations of parent-child communication following interparental conflict: Do parents talk to children about conflict?

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-412

  Brown, Amy M ^a   Fitzgerald, Monica M ^b   Shipman, Kimberly ^c   Schneider, Renee ^d,e  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Kempe Children's Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

"Process oriented" research; Children's psychological functioning; Interparental conflict; Parent child communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547192684     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9095-x     Document Type: Article

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