Parenting and the Family Check-Up: Changes in Observed Parent-Child Interaction Following Early Childhood Intervention

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 970-984

  Sitnick, Stephanie L ^a   Shaw, Daniel S ^a   Gill, Anne ^a   Dishion, Thomas ^b   Winter, Charlotte ^c   Waller, Rebecca ^d   Gardner, Frances ^e   Wilson, Melvin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COERCION; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 84943198941     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2014.940623     Document Type: Article

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