Mother-adolescent relationship quality and autonomy as predictors of psychosocial adjustment among African American adolescents

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 528-541

  Bynum, Mia Smith ^a   Kotchick, Beth A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Autonomy; Parenting; Psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749339216     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9035-z     Document Type: Article

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