Mothers’ Expressed Emotion and Narrative Coherence: Associations with Preschoolers’ Behavior Problems in a Multiethnic Sample

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1392-1405

  Sher Censor, Efrat ^a   Yates, Tuppett M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Coherence; Ethnicity; FMSS expressed emotion; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896551835     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9946-z     Document Type: Article

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