Does Father Know Best? A Formal Model of the Paternal Influence on Childhood Social Anxiety

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Bögels, Susan M ^a   Perotti, Enrico C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child anxiety disorders; Etiology; Evolution; Father; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952258384     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9441-0     Document Type: Article

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