Child fear reactivity and sex as moderators of links between parenting and preschool behavior problems

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1179-1190

  Barnett, Melissa A ^a   Scaramella, Laura V ^b  

^a Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AROUSAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AROUSAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84973402915     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579415000759     Document Type: Article

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