Marital conflict and adolescents' peer aggression: The mediating and moderating role of mother-child emotional reciprocity

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-606

  Lindsey, Eric W ^a   Chambers, Jessica Campbell ^b   Frabutt, James M ^c   MacKinnon Lewis, Carol ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional reciprocity; Marital conflict; Mother adolescent; Overt aggression; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949122362     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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