Parent and offspring strategies in the transition at adolescence

Human Nature

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-94

  Surbey, Michele K ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Conditional strategies; Life history theory; Parent offspring conflict; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032350211     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-998-1012-3     Document Type: Review

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