Relations among Single Mothers– Awareness of their Adolescents– Stressors, Maternal Monitoring, Mother-Adolescent Communication, and Adolescent Adjustment

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 546-563

  Hartos, Jessica L ^a   Power, Thomas G ^b  

^a National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0040790098     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558400155002     Document Type: Article

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