Warmth with mothers and fathers from middle childhood to late adolescence: Within- and between-families comparisons.

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-563

  Shanahan, Lilly ^a   McHale, Susan M ^b   Crouter, Ann C ^b   Osgood, D Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Middle childhood; Parent offspring warmth; Parents' differential treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFFECT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248333413     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.3.551     Document Type: Article

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