Concurrent predictors of dysfunctional parenting and maternal confidence: Implications for parenting interventions

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-767

  Morawska, Alina ^a   Sanders, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Early intervention; Maternal; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35448954910     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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