Protecting Children From the Consequences of Divorce: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Parenting on Children's Coping Processes

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-257

  Vélez, Clorinda E ^a   Wolchik, Sharlene A ^a   Tein, Jenn Yun ^a   Sandler, Irwin ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551530247     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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