Children's emotional security in the interparental Relationship

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Woitach, Meredith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child coping; Child psychopathology; Interparental conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449094297     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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