Interparental Discord and Adolescent Adjustment Trajectories: The Potentiating and Protective Role of Intrapersonal Attributes

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1163-1178

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Windle, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035403508     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00340     Document Type: Article

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