Gender and Age Differences in the Topics of Parent-Adolescent Conflict

The Family Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Renk, Kimberly ^a,b,c   Liljequist, Laura ^a,b,c   Simpson, Jennifer E ^a,b,c   Phares, Vicky ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; conflict; parent; relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644441553     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480704271190     Document Type: Article

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