Adolescents' perceptions of family system characteristics, parent-adolescent dyadic behaviors, adolescent qualities, and adolescent empathy

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-292

  Henry, Carolyn S ^a   Sager, David W ^a   Plunkett, Scott W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Adolescence; Cohesion; Communicative responsiveness; Empathy; Parental behaviors; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030176808     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585500     Document Type: Article

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