Longitudinal development of family decision making: Defining healthy behavioral autonomy for middle-class African American adolescents

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1418-1434

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Campione Barr, Nicole ^a   Daddis, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 7444228022     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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