The Longitudinal Consistency of Mother-Child Reporting Discrepancies of Parental Monitoring and Their Ability to Predict Child Delinquent Behaviors Two Years Later

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1417-1430

  de Los Reyes, Andres ^a   Goodman, Kimberly L ^b   Kliewer, Wendy ^c   Reid Quiñones, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correspondence; Depression distortion; Disagreement; Informant discrepancies; Multiple informants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77958014375     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9496-7     Document Type: Article

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