Adolescents-family connectedness: A first cross-cultural research on parenting and psychological adjustment of children

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-15

  Dwairy, Marwan ^a   Achoui, Mustafa ^b  

^a King Fahd University ^*  (Israel)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Culture; Dependency; Psychological disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749092550     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9335-1     Document Type: Article

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