Parenting styles or practices? Parenting, sympathy, and prosocial behaviors among adolescents

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-176

  Carlo, Gustavo ^a   McGinley, Meredith ^a   Hayes, Rachel ^a   Batenhorst, Candice ^a   Wilkinson, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Altruism; Parenting; Prosocial behaviors; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 35348813832     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.168.2.147-176     Document Type: Article

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