Family communication and delinquent behavior among Spanish adolescents: The mediating role of self-esteem;Comunicación familiar y comportamientos delictivos en adolescentes Españoles: El doble rol mediador de la autoestima

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-485

  Jiménez, Teresa I ^a   Murgui, Sergio ^a   Estévez, Estefanía ^a   Musitu, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquent behavior; Family communication; Mediation; Self steem

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349121417     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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