Ethnic differences in the effects of intergenerational relations on adolescent problem behavior in U.S. Single-mother families

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1137-1158

  Pan, En Ling ^a   Farrell, Michael P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent problem behavior; Ethnic difference; Intergenerational relation; Single mother families

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745625642     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06288123     Document Type: Article

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