The association of parenting style and child age with parental limit setting and adolescent MySpace behavior

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 459-471

  Rosen, Larry D ^a   Cheever, Nancy A ^a   Carrier, L Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cyberbullying; Internet; MySpace; Parental limit setting; Parenting style; Sexual solicitation; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249108309     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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