Family and parenting behaviors predicting middle school adjustment: A longitudinal study

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-426

  Bronstein, Phyllis ^b   Duncan, Paula ^b   D'Ari, Adele ^b   Pieniadz, Jean ^b   Fitzgerald, Martha ^a   Abrams, Craig L ^b   Frankowski, Barbara ^b   Franco, Oscar ^b   Hunt, Connie ^b   Oh Cha, Susan Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjustment; Early adolescence; Middle school; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030269238     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585171     Document Type: Article

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