When mothers turn to their adolescent daughters: Predicting daughters' vulnerability to negative adjustment outcomes

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^a   Jacobs, Stephanie L ^a   Raymond, Meghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Boundaries; Disclosure; Divorce; Mother daughter relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215557     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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