Perceived parental control and parent-child relational qualities in early adolescents in Hong Kong: Parent gender, child gender and grade differences

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 666-681

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chinese; Gender differences; Longitudinal; Parental differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149107983     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9371-5     Document Type: Article

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