Associations between family structure changes and children's behavior problems: The moderating effects of timing and marital birth

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1219-1231

  Ryan, Rebecca M ^a   Claessens, Amy ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Family instabililty; Family structure; Nonmarital birth; Piecewise hierarchical linear models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84882679165     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029397     Document Type: Article

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