The relationship between parental controlling behavior and perceptions of control of preadolescent children and adolescents

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-491

  Morton, Todd L ^a   Mann, Barton J ^b  

^a Walla Walla College   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032239361     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329809596165     Document Type: Article

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