A Meta-Analytic Review of Internalizing, Externalizing, and Academic Adjustment Among Children of Deployed Military Service Members

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-520

  Card, Noel A ^a   Bosch, Leslie ^a   Casper, Deborah M ^a   Wiggs, Christine Bracamonte ^a   Hawkins, Stacy Ann ^a   Schlomer, Gabriel L ^a   Borden, Lynne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic adjustment; Child psychopathology; Externalizing; Internalizing; Meta analysis; Military deployment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 80051931776     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024395     Document Type: Article

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