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Peer reviewedEl-Sheikh, Mona; Cummings, E. Mark – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Discusses the role of marital conflict as a mediator of parental drinking problems, and the emotional regulation and adjustment of children living in a family with an alcoholic parent. Proposes an emotional security hypothesis to explain the relationships, wherein hostile emotion communication may undermine children's sense of security, and as a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Alcoholism, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Modification
