Political Violence and Child Adjustment in Northern Ireland: Testing Pathways in a Social-Ecological Model Including Single- and Two-Parent Families

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 827-841

  Cummings, E Mark ^a   Schermerhorn, Alice C ^a   Merrilees, Christine E ^a   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^b   Shirlow, Peter ^c   Cairns, Ed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77954636176     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019668     Document Type: Article

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