Assessing interparental conflict: Reports of parents and adolescents in European American and Mexican American families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-283

  Tschann, Jeanne M ^a,b   Flores, Elena ^c   Pasch, Lauri A ^a,b   Marin, Barbara Vanoss ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Interparental conflict; Marital conflict; Mexican American families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130435     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353747     Document Type: Article

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