Big five parental personality traits, parenting behaviors, and adolescent behavior problems: A mediation model

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-636

  Oliver, Pamella H ^a   Guerin, Diana Wright ^a   Coffman, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behavior problem; Conscientiousness; Limit setting; Longitudinal; Mediator; Parental personality; Parenting behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649363141     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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