Social problem solving in high-risk mother-child dyads: An intergenerational study

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-67

  Martin, Julie P ^a   Stack, Dale M ^a   Serbin, Lisa A ^a   Schwartzman, Alex E ^a   Ledingham, Jane ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High risk; Intergenerational; Mother child interactions; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856051836     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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