The Intergenerational Continuity of Observed Early Parenting: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1205-1213

  Kovan, Nikki M ^a   Chung, Alissa L ^a   Sroufe, L Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood; intergenerational continuity; observational measures; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSERVATION; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249112238     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016542     Document Type: Article

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