Discrepancies between adolescent, mother, and father reports of adolescent internalizing symptom levels and their association with parent symptoms

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 978-995

  Hughes, Elizabeth K ^a   Gullone, Eleonora ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Depression; Parents; Psychological assessment; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956915374     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20695     Document Type: Article

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