Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Parental Distress and Discord

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-118

  Crawford, Thomas N ^a,d   Cohen, Patricia ^b   Midlarsky, Elizabeth ^b   Brook, Judith S ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0035595366     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1532-7795.00005     Document Type: Article

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