Bidirectional Effects of Parenting Quality and Child Externalizing Behavior in Predominantly Single Parent, Under-Resourced African American Families

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-188

  Pearl, Amanda M ^a   French, Brian F ^b   Dumas, Jean E ^c   Moreland, Angela D ^d   Prinz, Ron ^e  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Child externalizing behavior; Longitudinal data; Parent quality; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892478329     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-012-9692-z     Document Type: Article

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