Parental Attachment, Separation-Individuation, and College Student Adjustment: A Structural Equation Analysis of Mediational Effects

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-225

  Mattanah, Jonathan F ^a   Hancock, Gregory R ^b   Brand, Bethany L ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842578250     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.51.2.213     Document Type: Article

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