Adolescent-mother agreement about adolescent problem behaviors: Direction and predictors of disagreement

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 950-962

  Barker, Erin T ^a   Bornstein, Marc H ^a   Putnick, Diane L ^a   Hendricks, Charlene ^a   Suwalsky, Joan T D ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mother agreement; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548739754     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9164-0     Document Type: Article

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