Testing components of confirmation: How acceptance and challenge from mothers, fathers, and siblings are related to adolescent self-concept

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 592-617

  Dailey, René M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Confirmation; Family communication; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649748852     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2010.499366     Document Type: Article

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