What parents don't know and how it may affect their children: Qualifying the disclosure-adjustment link

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-270

  Frijns, Tom ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Branje, Susan ^a   Meeus, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Adolescent parent relationship; Disclosure; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77649179298     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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