Relational aggression in adolescents' sibling relationships: Links to sibling and parent-adolescent relationship quality

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-385

  Updegraff, Kimberly A ^a   Thayer, Shawna M ^a   Whiteman, Shawn D ^b   Denning, Donna J ^c   McHale, Susan M ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Aries Technologies   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Parent adolescent relationships; Relational aggression; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844501060     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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