Developmental Changes in Discrepancies Between Adolescents’ and Their Mothers’ Views of Family Communication

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 790-797

  De Los Reyes, Andres ^a   Ohannessian, Christine Mc Cauley ^b   Laird, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Family functioning; Informant discrepancies; Multiple informants; Operations Triad Model; Polynomial regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957840434     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0275-7     Document Type: Article

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