Children's Influence in the Marital Relationship

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-269

  Schermerhorn, Alice C ^a   Cummings, E Mark ^a   DeCarlo, Catherine A ^b   Davies, Patrick T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bidirectionality; child agency; marital conflict; psychosocial adjustment; reciprocal relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 34548382676     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.2.259     Document Type: Article

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