Parenting Practices and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Moderating Effects of Socially Demanding Kin Relations

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-485

  Taylor, Ronald D ^a   Lopez, Elizabeth I ^b   Budescu, Mia ^a   McGill, Rebecca Kang ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration   (United States)

^c Center for Research on Culture   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Demanding; Externalizing; Internalizing; Kin relations; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860616451     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-011-9501-0     Document Type: Article

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