Family structure and problem behavior of adolescents and young adults: A growth-curve study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 533-546

  Vandervalk, Inge ^a   Spruijt, Ed ^a   De Goede, Martijn ^a   Maas, Cora ^a   Meeus, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Development of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior; Divorce; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644434491     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-8841-8     Document Type: Article

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