Positive Daily Family Interactions Eliminate Gender Differences in Internalizing Symptoms Among Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1498-1511

  Telzer, Eva H ^a   Fuligni, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Daily diary; Family interactions; Gender differences; Internalizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884355293     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9964-y     Document Type: Article

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