Assessing change in families following the home-start parenting program: Clinical significance and predictors of change

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-364

  Asscher, Jessica J ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a   Hermanns, Jo M A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinically significant change; Home Start; Mothers; Parenting behavior; Parenting support program; Reliable change

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349084322     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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