A Search for Parenting Style: A Cross-Situational Analysis of Parental Behavior

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-192

  Metsäpelto, Riitta Leena ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cross situational stability; Parental behavior; Parenting style; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0035348367     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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