Bidirectional Associations Between Coparenting Relations and Family Member Anxiety: A Review and Conceptual Model

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-42

  Majdandžić, Mirjana ^a   de Vente, Wieke ^a   Feinberg, Mark E ^b   Aktar, Evin ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child anxiety; Coparenting; Parental anxiety; Support; Undermining

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; ROLE;

EID: 84857450139     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-011-0103-6     Document Type: Review

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