Life Satisfaction Moderates the Effectiveness of a Play-Based Parenting Intervention in Low-Income Mothers and Toddlers

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1283-1294

  Brock, Rebecca L ^a   Kochanska, Grazyna ^a   O’Hara, Michael W ^a   Grekin, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Life satisfaction; Maternal power assertion; Moderated mediation; Parenting intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941026801     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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