Coparenting, family process, and family structure: Implications for preschoolers' externalizing behavior problems

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 526-545

  Schoppe, Sarah J ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^a   Frosch, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85035885549     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.15.3.526     Document Type: Review

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