Individual differences in adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority and their own obligation to obey: A longitudinal investigation

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1103-1118

  Darling, Nancy ^a   Cumsille, Patricio ^b   Martínez, M Loreto ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 47249144722     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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