Confirmatory factor analysis of Arnold et al.'s parenting scale across race, age, and sex

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-516

  Karazsia, Bryan T ^a   Van Dulmen, Manfred H M ^a   Wildman, Beth G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behavior problems; Laxness; Overreactivity; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349093635     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-007-9170-1     Document Type: Article

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