When adolescents disagree with others about their symptoms: Differences in attachment organization as an explanation of discrepancies between adolescent, parent, and peer reports of bahavior problems

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 509-528

  Berger, Lauren E ^a   Jodl, Kathleen M ^b   Allen, Joseph P ^c   McElhaney, Kathleen B ^d   Kuperminc, Gabriel P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 25844461641     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579405050248     Document Type: Article

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