Family enmeshment, adolescent emotional dysregulation, and the moderating role of gender

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 604-613

  Kivisto, Katherine Little ^a   Welsh, Deborah P ^b   Darling, Nancy ^c,d   Culpepper, Christi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parent relationships; Distress tolerance; Emotion regulation; Enmeshment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 84938929322     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: 19391293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000118     Document Type: Article

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