Parental separation and children's behavioral/emotional problems: The impact of parental representations and family conflict

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-108

  Stadelmann, Stephanie ^a   Perren, Sonja ^b   Groeben, Maureen ^a   von Klitzing, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral emotional problems; Family conflict; Kindergarten age; Parental representations; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DIVORCE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77149171144     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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