Differential Relations between Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behavior

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-546

  Gryczkowski, Michelle R ^a   Jordan, Sara S ^a   Mercer, Sterett H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sex; Externalizing behavior; Father; Multilevel modeling; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956176795     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9326-2     Document Type: Article

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