Parental Use of Time Out Revisited: A Useful or Harmful Parenting Strategy?

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Morawska, Alina ^a   Sanders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child behaviour; Discipline; Parenting; Parenting strategies; Time out

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751591402     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9371-x     Document Type: Article

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