Growth in temperament and parenting as predictors of adjustment during children's transition to adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 819-832

  Lengua, Liliana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment problems; Demographic risk; Early adolescence; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Parenting; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33748781696     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.819     Document Type: Review

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