Children's social competence, peer status, and the quality of mother-child and father-child relationships: A multidimensional scaling approach

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-33

  Attili, Grazia ^a   Vermigli, Patrizia ^b   Roazzi, Antonio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children's social competence; Observed quality of parent child relationships; Peer acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950310416     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000002     Document Type: Review

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