Coparenting behavior moderates longitudinal relations between effortful control and preschool children's externalizing behavior

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 698-706

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coparenting behavior; Effortful control; Externalizing behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER; AFFECT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 70349581031     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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