Parent training among ethnic minorities: Parenting practices as mediators of change in child conduct problems

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-114

  Bjørknes, Ragnhild ^a   Kjøbli, John ^a   Manger, Terje ^b   Jakobsen, Reidar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child conduct problems; Ethnic minority families; Harsh discipline; Mediation; Parent training; Positive parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855919137     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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