Are Some Children Harder to Coparent Than Others? Children's Negative Emotionality and Coparenting Relationship Quality

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 606-610

  Cook, J Claire ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^b   Buckley, Catherine K ^c   Davis, Evan F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Forty Carrots Family Center   (United States)

Author keywords

coparenting; negative affect; parenting; temperament

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 68949200869     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015992     Document Type: Article

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