Interparental aggression, attention skills, and early childhood behavior problems

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 563-576

  Towe Goodman, Nissa R ^a   Stifter, Cynthia A ^b   Coccia, Michael A ^b   Cox, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 79956069922     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000216     Document Type: Article

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