Mothers' cognitions about children's self-control: Implications for mothers' responses to children's helplessness

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 960-979

  Moorman, Elizabeth A ^a   Pomerantz, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Parental cognitions; Parenting; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049114686     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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