Parental Validating and Invalidating Responses and Adolescent Psychological Functioning: An Observational Study

The Family Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-48

  Shenk, Chad E ^a   Fruzzetti, Alan E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; emotion dysregulation; invalidating behaviors; validating behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888409073     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: 15523950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480713490900     Document Type: Article

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