Less than optimal parenting strategies predict maternal low-level depression beyond that of child transgressions

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 343-355

  Lagacé Séguin, Daniel G ^a   d'Entremont, Marc Robert L ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child transgressions; Maternal depression; Parenting styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954508463     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430500040000     Document Type: Article

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