Father's and mother's beliefs about children's anxiety.
Abstract: Background: Previous research has focused on parenting styles and parental behaviors associated with children's anxiety. Parental beliefs about their child's anxiety have scarcely been studied, in spite of their probable influence in parents seeking help. The present study intended to fil...
| Published in: | Child: Care, Health & Development Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 784 - 794 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2018
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