Parental separation and child aggressive and internalizing behavior: An event history calendar analysis

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-200

  Averdijk, Margit ^a   Malti, Tina ^b   Eisner, Manuel ^c   Ribeaud, Denis ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Children; Event History Calendar; Internalizing behavior; Parental separation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84859807370     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-011-0259-9     Document Type: Article

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