Marital Conflict and Support Seeking by Parents in Adolescence: Empirical Support for the Parentification Construct

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-642

  Peris, Tara S ^a   Goeke Morey, Marcie C ^b   Cummings, E Mark ^c   Emery, Robert E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

family dynamics; marital conflict; parentification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 51049101028     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012792     Document Type: Article

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