Exploring parents' self-blame in relation to adolescents' mental disorders

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-120

  Moses, Tally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Correlates; Mental illness; Parents; Self blame; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954138008     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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