Divergence Between Adolescent and Parental Perceptions of Conflict in Relationship to Adolescent Empathy Development.
Adolescents' developing empathy may be associated with the frequency of conflict with parents, as well as the level of agreement between adolescent and parental perceptions of the frequency of such conflicts. This 6-year longitudinal study investigated the link between adolescent empathy development...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 48 - 62 |
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