The relationship between parenting style and children's adjustment: The parents' perspective

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-245

  Kaufmann, Dagmar ^a,b   Gesten, Ellis ^c   Santa Lucia, Raymond C ^c   Salcedo, Octavio ^d   Rendina Gobioff, Gianna ^c   Gadd, Ray ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Center for Community Study   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Pinellas County Schools   (United States)

^e Pasco County School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Authoritarian; Authoritative; Competence; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037537167     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009475122883     Document Type: Article

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