Intergenerational transmission of parenting style and personality: Direct influence or mediation?

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-556

  Kitamura, Toshinori ^a   Shikai, Noriko ^a   Uji, Masayo ^a   Hiramura, Hidetoshi ^a   Tanaka, Nao ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yuge Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Mediation; Parenting style; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349502452     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9256-z     Document Type: Article

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