Skin conductance level reactivity moderates the association between harsh parenting and growth in child externalizing behavior

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 693-706

  Erath, Stephen A ^a   El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Hinnant, J Benjamin ^a   Cummings, E Mark ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Electrodermal responses; Externalizing behavior; Harsh parenting; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FATHERS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955730504     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021909     Document Type: Article

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