Maternal emotional distress, abuse risk, and children's symptoms: Child gender as a moderator of parent sensitivity as a mediator

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 480-500

  Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a   Thomas, Rae ^b   Hendrickson, Kym ^a   Avdagic, Elbina ^a   Webb, Haley ^a   Mcgregor, Leanne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Externalizing; Internalizing; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885839297     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1804     Document Type: Article

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