Origins of generalized control expectancies: Reported child stress and observed maternal control and warmth

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 753-760

  Carton, John S ^a   Nowicki, Stephen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030346460     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1996.9712251     Document Type: Article

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