Affiliative and instrumental marital discord, mother's negative affect, and children's negative interactions with unfamiliar peers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-200

  Cookston, Jeffrey T ^a   Harrist, Amanda W ^b   Ainslie, Ricardo C ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital discord; Negative affect; Peer interaction; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043144166     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022810832436     Document Type: Article

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