Out of the picture: A study of family drawings by children from step-, single-parent, and non-step families

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 505-512

  Dunn, Judy ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Levy, Irit ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ART; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; SIBLINGS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY;

EID: 85047688076     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3104_9     Document Type: Article

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