Effect of differentiation of self on adolescent risk behavior: Test of the theoretical model

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-345

  Knauth, Donna G ^a,d   Skowron, Elizabeth A ^b   Escobar, Melicia ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent high risk behaviors; Bowen family systems theory; Differentiation of self

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGO; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGO; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33748773319     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200609000-00006     Document Type: Article

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