Associations Between Grandparent Involvement and Psychological Difficulties in Adolescents Facing Family Adversity.
The accumulation of disruptive family events has a well-established association with adolescent mental health problems. In this study, we investigated whether grandparent involvement serves as a promotive or protective factor for psychological adjustment when adolescents face high levels of family a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1489 - 1501 |
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May2022
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