Parenting empathy: Associations with dimensions of parent and child psychopathology

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Psychogiou, Lamprini ^a   Daley, Dave ^b   Thompson, Margaret J ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650283474     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/02615100X238582     Document Type: Article

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