Emotional security and cognitive appraisals mediate the relationship between parents' marital conflict and adjustment in older adolescents

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-271

  Mann, Barton J ^a,b   Gilliom, Laura A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Amer Orthoped Soc for Sports Med   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Marital conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644242290     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.165.3.250-271     Document Type: Review

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