Stories of hope: Parental optimism in narratives about adolescent children

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 603-623

  Pratt, Michael W ^a   Norris, Joan E ^b   van de Hoef, Sherri ^a   Arnold, Mary Louise ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Optimism; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035610586     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501185003     Document Type: Article

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