Interparental Discord and Parenting: Testing the Moderating Roles of Child and Parent Gender

Parenting

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-380

  Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^a   Boker, Steven M ^b   Cummings, E Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84999308210     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327922par0404_7     Document Type: Article

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