The right to do wrong: Lying to parents among adolescents and emerging adults

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Jensen, Lene Arnett ^a   Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen ^b   Feldman, S Shirley ^c   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child parent relations; Emerging adulthood; Lying

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543095054     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000013422.48100.5a     Document Type: Article

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