Transition to Adulthood as a Parent-Youth Project: Governance Transfer, Career Promotion, and Relational Processes

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Young, Richard A ^a   Marshall, Sheila K ^a   Domene, José F ^b   Graham, Matthew ^a   Logan, Corinne ^a   Zaidman Zait, Anat ^a   Mart, Amy ^a   Lee, Celine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adulthood; parents; project; transition; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749095512     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.297     Document Type: Article

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