Capturing the Family Context of Emotion Regulation: A Family Systems Model Comparison Approach

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-578

  Fosco, Gregory M ^a   Grych, John H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; emotional climate; family systems; interparental conflict; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874338781     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12445889     Document Type: Article

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