Parental inconsistency versus parental authoritarianism: Associations with symptoms of psychological disorders

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-626

  Dwairy, Marwan Adeeb ^a  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Authoritarian; Collective; Inconsistency; Parenting; Psychological disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449104111     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9169-3     Document Type: Article

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