Adolescents' and parents' perceptions of runaway behavior: Problems and solutions

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-512

  Safyer, Andrew W ^a   Thompson, Sanna J ^b   MacCio, Elaine M ^a   Zittel Palamara, Kimberley M ^a   Forehand, Greg ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Functioning; Parent's Perception; Runaway Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044235537     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CASW.0000043361.35679.73     Document Type: Article

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