Children’s behavior problems in single-parent and married-parent families: Development of a predictive model

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-36

  Hilton, Jeanne M ^a   Desrochers, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children s behavior problems; Conflict; Divorce; Economic strain; Parental control; Parenting; Role coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009644869     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v37n01_02     Document Type: Article

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