Interparental hostility and early adolescent problem behavior: Spillover via maternal acceptance, harshness, inconsistency, and intrusiveness

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 428-454

  Benson, Mark J ^a   Buehler, Cheryl ^b   Gerard, Jean M ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent development; Interparental conflict; Interparental hostility; Marital conflict; Parent adolescent; Parenting; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149086993     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431608316602     Document Type: Article

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