Parent-adolescent conflict and adolescents' adaptation: A longitudinal study of albanian immigrant youth living in Greece

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-71

  Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^a   Pavlopoulos, Vassilis ^a   Tantaros, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

adaptation; immigration; longitudinal study; parent adolescent conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859912463     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-11074     Document Type: Article

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