Detachment From Parents, Problem Behaviors, and the Moderating Role of Parental Support Among Italian Adolescents

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 768-783

  Pace, Ugo ^a   Zappulla, Carla ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

adolescents; behavioral problems; detachment; parent child relations; parental support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876988624     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12461908     Document Type: Article

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