Keeping secrets from parents: Daily variations among poor, urban adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-331

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Villalobos, Myriam ^a   Rogge, Ronald D ^a   Tasopoulos Chan, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parent relationships; Daily diary methods; Disclosure; Problem behavior; Relationships with parents; Secrecy; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEW ENGLAND; POVERTY; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77649187487     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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