Children's insecure representations of the interparental relationship and their school adjustment: The mediating role of attention difficulties

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1570-1582

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Woitach, Meredith J ^a   Winter, Marcia A ^b   Cummings, E Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 51949113814     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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