A Conceptual Model for the Development of Externalizing Behavior Problems Among Kindergarten Children of Alcoholic Families: Role of Parenting and Children's Self-Regulation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1187-1201

  Eiden, Rina D ^a,b   Edwards, Ellen P ^a   Leonard, Kenneth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholism; externalizing behavior problems; parenting; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEW YORK; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34548845024     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.5.1187     Document Type: Article

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