Discrepancies in adolescents' and their mothers' perceptions of the family and adolescent externalizing problems

Family Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Ohannessian, Christine McCauley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; adolescent parent relationship; alcohol use; discrepant perceptions; drug use; externalizing problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866455417     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2012.704596     Document Type: Article

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