Middle-class African American families' expectations for adolescents' behavioural autonomy

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-381

  Daddis, Christopher ^a   Smetana, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 25844509337     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250500167053     Document Type: Article

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