Is adolescent adjustment following parental divorce a function of predivorce adjustment?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Forehand, Rex ^a   Armistead, Lisa ^a   David, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Divorce; family processes

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0030935348     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025735629914     Document Type: Article

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