Associations Between Family Structure Change and Child Behavior Problems: The Moderating Effect of Family Income

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-127

  Ryan, Rebecca M ^a   Claessens, Amy ^b   Markowitz, Anna J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922644233     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12283     Document Type: Article

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