'The terrorist in my home': Teenagers' violence towards parents - constructions of parent experiences in public online message boards

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 454-463

  Holt, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Online methods; Parenting; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054851389     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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