Self-fulfilling prophecy effects of mothers' beliefs on children's alcohol use: Accumulation, dissipation, and stability over time

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 911-926

  Madon, Stephanie ^a,b   Willard, Jennifer ^a,b   Guyll, Max ^a   Trudeau, Linda ^a   Spoth, Richard ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Drinking behavior; Parent child relations; Self fulfilling prophecies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746216550     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.911     Document Type: Article

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