Discrepancy between mother and child reports of parental knowledge and the relation to risk behavior engagement

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  Reynolds, Elizabeth K ^a   MacPherson, Laura ^a   Matusiewicz, Alexis K ^a   Schreiber, Whitney M ^a   Lejuez, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR MODELS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 78651480750     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.533406     Document Type: Article

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