Assessing the Emotional Quality of Parent-Child Relationships Involving Young Children with Special Needs: Applying the Constructs of Emotional Availability and Expressed Emotion

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-256

  Kubicek, Lorraine F ^a   Riley, Karen ^b   Coleman, Jeanine ^b   Miller, Gloria ^b   Linder, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FIVE MINUTE SPEECH SAMPLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84877350141     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21384     Document Type: Article

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