Adolescents' internalizing and aggressive behaviors and perceptions of parents' psychological control: a panel study examining direction of effects

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 673-684

  Albrecht, Arne K ^a   Galambos, Nancy L ^b   Jansson, S Mikael ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internalizing behaviors; Parent adolescent relations; Physical aggression; Psychological control; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250322518     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9191-5     Document Type: Article

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