The prevention program for externalizing problem behavior (PEP) improves child behavior by reducing negative parenting: Analysis of mediating processes in a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 473-484

  Hanisch, Charlotte ^a   Hautmann, Christopher ^b   Plück, Julia ^b   Eichelberger, Ilka ^b   Döpfner, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

conduct problems; mediator; Parenting; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898048594     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12177     Document Type: Article

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