The influence of union instability and union quality on children's aggressive behavior

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-924

  Fomby, Paula ^a   Osborne, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Child behavior; Family instability; Family structure; Union quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958486225     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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