Longitudinal associations between mothers' and fathers' sense of competence and children's externalizing problems: The mediating role of parenting

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1554-1561

  Slagt, Meike ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   de Haan, Amaranta D ^a   van den Akker, Alithe L ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Externalizing problems; Mothers and fathers; Parenting; Sense of competence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84874334029     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027719     Document Type: Article

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