Adolescent-Parent Attachments and Family Problem-Solving Styles

Family Process

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-82

  Cobb, Cathron L Hilburn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030093179     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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