Volume 4, Number 4, October-December 2004

REVIEW

Stress and Coping in Childhood: The Parents' Role
Thomas G. Power

Possible pathways through which parents influence their children's coping with stress are examined.

COMMENTARY

Elaborations on a Theme: Beyond Main Effects in Relations of Parenting to Children's Coping and Regulation
Nancy Eisenberg and Carlos Valiente

A Model for Socialization Studies in Mental Retardation?
Robert M. Hodapp

The Question of Time in Child Health-Related Stress
Vanna Axia

Physiology, Early Experience, and Trade-Offs: Are There Other Ways a Parent Contributes to Stress and Coping in Children?
Ronald G. Barr

EMPIRICAL ARTICLES

Physical Discipline and Child Behavior Problems: A Study of Ethnic Group Differences
Jodi Polaha, Robert E. Larzelere, Steven K. Shapiro, and Gregory S. Pettit

Relations between physical discipline and externalizing behavior problems differ for African American and European American boys and girls.

The Cross-Gender Equivalence of Strains and Gains from Occupying Multiple Roles among Dual-Earner Couples
Robert Flynn Corwyn and Robert H. Bradley

Family interferes with work at 15 months and 36 months, work interferes with family at 15 months, and gains from work and family at 36 months are gender equivalent, whereas work interferes with family at 36 months and gains from work at 15 months are only partially gender equivalent.

Interparental Discord and Parenting: Testing the Moderating Roles of Child and Parent Gender
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Patrick T. Davies, Steven M. Boker, and E. Mark Cummings

Child gender is a significant moderator in pathways between interparental discord and changes in parenting practices.

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