"If You Want Me to Treat You Like an Adult, Start Acting Like One!" Comparing the Criteria That Emerging Adults and Their Parents Have for Adulthood

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-674

  Nelson, Larry J ^a   Padilla Walker, Laura M ^a   Carroll, Jason S ^a   Madsen, Stephanie D ^b   Barry, Carolyn McNamara ^c   Badger, Sarah ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

criteria for adulthood; emerging adulthood; parent child relationships; transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38349086999     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.4.665     Document Type: Article

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