The Association of Parent Mindfulness with Parenting and Youth Psychopathology Across Three Developmental Stages

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 191-202

  Parent, Justin ^a   McKee, Laura G ^b,c   N Rough, Jennifer ^a   Forehand, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child externalizing; Child internalizing; Mindful parenting; Mindfulness; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PARENTING;

EID: 84958174163     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-9978-x     Document Type: Article

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