Multilevel mediation: Cumulative contextual risk, maternal differential treatment, and children's behavior within families

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1594-1615

  Meunier, Jean Christophe ^a   Boyle, Michael ^b   O'Connor, Thomas G ^c   Jenkins, Jennifer M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84883369942     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12066     Document Type: Article

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