Improving emotion regulation and sibling relationship quality: The more fun with sisters and brothers program

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-578

  Kennedy, Denise E ^a   Kramer, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Family relationships; Intervention; Parenting; Sibling relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349122742     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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