Power-Control as a between- and Within-Family Model: Reconsidering the Unit of Analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-400

  Blackwell, Brenda Sims ^a   Reed, Mark D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Family; Gender; Power control theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346492580     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024978116489     Document Type: Article

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