Now Why'd He Do That? The Nature and Correlates of Mothers' Attributions About Negative Teen Behavior

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Heatherington, Laurie ^a   Tolejko, Natalie ^b   McDonald, Margaret ^a   Funk, Janette ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mothers' attributions; relationship conflict; teen behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34548407045     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.2.315     Document Type: Article

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