Differential impact of fathers' authoritarian parenting on early adolescent adjustment in conservative protestant versus other families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-596

  Gunnoe, Marjorie Lindner ^a   Hetherington, E Mavis ^b   Reiss, David ^c  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent adjustment; Authoritarian parenting; Conservative Protestants; Fathers; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AUTHORITARIANISM; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; PROTESTANTISM; PUNISHMENT; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 33845904145     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.4.589     Document Type: Article

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