Parent-Adolescent Relations and Problem Behaviors: Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 161-187

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closeness; Cross cultural; Deviance; Family process; Monitoring; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642634490     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v35n03_09     Document Type: Article

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