Paths from Mother-Child and Father-Child Relationships to Externalizing Behavior Problems in Children Differing in Electrodermal Reactivity: a Longitudinal Study from Infancy to Age 10

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 721-734

  Kochanska, Grazyna ^a   Brock, Rebecca L ^a   Chen, Kuan Hua ^b   Aksan, Nazan ^b   Anderson, Steven W ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing problems; Longitudinal studies; Parent child relationship; Skin conductance level

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84938095320     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9938-x     Document Type: Article

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