The tangled web: Delinquency, deception, and parental attachment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 607-622

  Warr, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Lying; Parental attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250348635     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9148-0     Document Type: Article

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