The effects of economic and social stressors on parenting and adolescent adjustment in African-American families

Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 35-52

  Taylor, Ronald D ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85070013388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315045030-9     Document Type: Chapter

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