Parental monitoring mediates the effects of age and sex on problem behaviors among African American urban young adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-233

  Richards, Maryse H ^a   Miller, Bobbi Viegas ^c   O'Donnell, Philip C ^a   Wasserman, Michelle S ^a   Colder, Craig ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c SUNY at Buffalo ^*

Author keywords

Delinquency and drug use; Monitoring; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543086781     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000025321.27416.f6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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