Separatedness and connectedness in the parent-adolescent relationship as predictors of adolescent self-esteem in us and chinese samples

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 153-178

  Bush, Kevin Ray ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chinese; Cross cultural; Parent adolescent relations; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360993     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v30n01_10     Document Type: Article

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