The Role of Fathers' Depressive Symptoms and Lax and Over-Reactive Discipline in Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Marchand Reilly, Jennifer F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Children's behavior problems; Fathers' depressive symptoms; Maladaptive discipline; Parenting behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868673761     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-012-9145-3     Document Type: Article

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