Discrepancies Between Youth and Mothers' Perceptions of Their Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Youth- and Mother-Reported Youth Adjustment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1151-1167

  Reidler, Esther B ^a   Swenson, Lance P ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Informant discrepancies; Internalizing and externalizing adjustment; Mother child relations; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84865441696     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9773-8     Document Type: Article

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