Developmental differences in children's conceptions of parental control: "They love me, but they make me feel incompetent"

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 140-167

  Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Eaton, Missa Murry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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