Parent-child communication and adolescent self-esteem in separated, intercountry adoptive and intact non-adoptive families

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 785-794

  Lanz, Margherita ^a   Iafrate, Raffaella ^b   Rosnati, Rosa ^b   Scabini, Eugenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0033458854     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1999.0272     Document Type: Article

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