The effect of adolescents' image of parents on children's self-image and mental health

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-192

  Hashimoto, Sayuri ^a   Onuoha, Francis N ^b   Isaka, Mika ^b   Higuchi, Noriko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Niihari Junior High School   (Japan)

^c MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent self image; Counselling; Mental health; Parent image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 80053481643     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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