Adolescents' relationships with mother and father and their links to the quality of romantic relationships: A classification approach

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 516-532

  Walper, Sabine ^a,b   Wendt, Eva Verena ^a  

^a GERMAN YOUTH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Late adolescence; Parent adolescent relationship; Partnership quality; Romantic relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947031053     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2015.1065727     Document Type: Article

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