Reciprocal influences between parents' perceptions of mother-child and father-child relationships: A short-term longitudinal study in chinese preschoolers

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-34

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Chen, Huichang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Father child relationship; Mother child relationship; Preschool children; Reciprocal influences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 77149150584     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320903300387     Document Type: Article

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