Examining emerging-adults' and parents' expectations about autonomy during the transition to college

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-320

  Baete Kenyon, Denyelle ^a   Silverberg Koerner, Susan ^b  

^a SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; College students; Mixed methods; Parent child relationship; Qualitative; Transition to college

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549162044     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558409333021     Document Type: Article

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