The Emotional and Academic Consequences of Parental Conditional Regard: Comparing Conditional Positive Regard, Conditional Negative Regard, and Autonomy Support as Parenting Practices

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1119-1142

  Roth, Guy ^a   Assor, Avi ^a   Niemiec, Christopher P ^b   Ryan, Richard M ^b   Deci, Edward L ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic engagement; autonomy support; emotion regulation; parental conditional regard

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROL; EMOTION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 67651102986     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015272     Document Type: Article

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