The Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting: Introduction to the Special Section

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1201-1204

  Belsky, Jay ^a   Conger, Rand ^b   Capaldi, Deborah M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity; discontinuity; intergenerational transmission; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249146920     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016245     Document Type: Article

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