The Relations Between Parents' Big Five Personality Factors and Parenting: A Meta-Analytic Review

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-362

  Prinzie, Peter ^a   Stams, Geert Jan J M ^b   Dekovič, Maja ^a   Reijntjes, Albert H A ^a   Belsky, Jay ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; meta analysis; parent child interaction; parenting; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68049137218     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015823     Document Type: Article

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