"Clean Your Room!" A Longitudinal Investigation of Adolescent-Parent Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Middle-Class African American Families

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-650

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Daddis, Christopher ^a   Chuang, Susan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parent relationships; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Ethnic minorities; Family processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142169351     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558403254781     Document Type: Article

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