Do Parents Foster Self-Esteem? Testing the Prospective Impact of Parent Closeness on Adolescent Self-Esteem

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 995-1013

  Harris, Michelle A ^a   Gruenenfelder Steiger, Andrea E ^b   Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^c   Allemand, Mathias ^b   Fend, Helmut ^b   Conger, Rand D ^a   Trzesniewski, Kali H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937161997     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12356     Document Type: Article

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