Chinese Adolescents' Decision-Making, Parent-Adolescent Communication and Relationships

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 119-145

  Xia, Yan R ^a   Defrain, John ^a,d   Combs, Raedene ^a   Xie, Xiaolin ^b   Zhou, Zhi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c First Data Corporation   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents; Decision making; Parent adolescent communication; Parent adolescent relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542520892     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v36n01_06     Document Type: Article

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