Is always authoritative the optimum parenting style? Evidence from spanish families

Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 173, 2009, Pages 101-131

  García, Fernando ^a   Gracia, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIALIZATION; SPAIN;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENTING; PERMISSIVENESS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SPAIN;

EID: 63749113589     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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