Parental Correlates of Children's Peer Relations: An Empirical Test of a Tripartite Model

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 224-235

  McDowell, David J ^a   Parke, Ross D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

parent child interaction; peer relations; social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58449087811     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014305     Document Type: Article

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