Latino adolescents' adjustment, maternal depressive symptoms, and the mother-adolescent relationship

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 386-399

  Corona, Rosalie ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b   Sigman, Marian ^c   Romo, Laura F ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Latino families; Maternal depression; Parent adolescent communication; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844499192     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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