Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Effective Discipline as Mediators of the 6-Year Effects of the New Beginnings Program for Children From Divorced Families

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-594

  Zhou, Qing ^a   Sandler, Irwin N ^b   Millsap, Roger E ^b   Wolchik, Sharlene A ^b   Dawson McClure, Spring R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; mediators; parenting; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 48349116411     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.4.579     Document Type: Article

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