Longitudinal relations among parental emotional expressivity and sympathy and prosocial behavior in adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-309

  Michalik, Nicole M ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^a   Spinrad, Tracy L ^a   Ladd, Becky ^a   Thompson, Marilyn ^a   Valiente, Carlos ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Emotion; Parent socialization; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247584714     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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