Matched or mismatched environments? the relationship of family and school differentiation to adolescents' psychosocial adjustment

Youth and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-32

  Lohman, Brenda J ^a   Kaura, Shelby A ^a   Newman, Barbara M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Differentiation; Family; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547887589     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X06296637     Document Type: Article

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