Effects of a preventive parenting intervention for divorced families on the intergenerational transmission of parenting attitudes in young adult offspring

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2091-2105

  Mahrer, Nicole E ^a   Winslow, Emily ^a   Wolchik, Sharlene A ^a   Tein, Jenn Yun ^a   Sandler, Irwin N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DIVORCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907880216     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12258     Document Type: Article

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