Parental support, behavioral control, and psychological control among African American youth: The relationships to academic grades, delinquency, and depression

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1335-1355

  Bean, Roy A ^a   Barber, Brian K ^b   Crane, D Russell ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Delinquency; Depression; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747807330     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06289649     Document Type: Article

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