Cumulative risk and adolescent's internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating roles of maternal responsiveness and self-regulation

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1529-1539

  Doan, Stacey N ^a   Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^b   Evans, Gary W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

And self regulation; Behavioral problems; Cumulative risk; Maternal responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874290662     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027815     Document Type: Article

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