Children and parents as informants of emotional and behavioural problems predicting female and male adolescent risk behaviour: A longitudinal cross-informant study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-224

  Vierhaus, Marc ^a   Lohaus, Arnold ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross informants; Longitudinal design; Problem behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349061020     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9193-3     Document Type: Article

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