Adolescent triangulation into parental conflicts: Longitudinal implications for appraisals and adolescent-parent Relations

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-266

  Fosco, Gregory M ^a   Grych, John H ^b  

^a Child and Family Center   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fathers; Interparental conflict; Longitudinal method; Mothers; Parent adolescent relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952822963     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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