Political Activism of Palestinian Youth: Exploring Individual, Parental, and Ecological Factors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1084-1100

  Spellings, Carolyn R ^a   Barber, Brian K ^a   Olsen, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family diversity; Gender; Middle Eastern families; Parent child relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866767174     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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