Intergenerational Continuity in Parenting Quality: The Mediating Role of Social Competence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1227-1240

  Shaffer, Anne ^a   Burt, Keith B ^b   Obradović, Jelena ^c   Herbers, Janette E ^d   Masten, Ann S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

intergenerational continuity; parenting; prospective; social competence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGOTIATING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249140612     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015361     Document Type: Article

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