Parenting behavior, quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, and adolescent functioning in four ethnic groups

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-159

  Wissink, Inge B ^a   Dekovic, Maja ^b   Meijer, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethnic; Parenting; Problem behavior; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646201894     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431605285718     Document Type: Article

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