Emotional, Cognitive, and Family Systems Mediators of Children's Adjustment to Interparental Conflict

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-854

  Fosco, Gregory M ^a   Grych, John H ^a  

^a Marquette University

Author keywords

appraisals; emotional reactivity; interparental conflict; psychological adjustment; triangulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; COGNITION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 58249100271     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013809     Document Type: Article

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