Differential parental treatment, sibling relationships and delinquency in adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-671

  Scholte, Ron H J ^a   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   De Kemp, Raymond A T ^a   Harakeh, Zeena ^a   Overbeek, Geertjan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent delinquency; Differential parental treatment; Gender differences; Sibling relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250374708     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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