Marital conflict as a mediator of the longitudinal connections between maternal emotional distress and early adolescent maladjustment

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 928-950

  Blodgett Salafia, Elizabeth H ^a   Gondoli, Dawn M ^a   Grundy, Amber M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Externalizing and internalizing; Marital conflict; Maternal emotional distress; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149117820     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-008-9199-9     Document Type: Article

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