Positive Parenting in Adolescence and Its Relation to Low Point Narration and Identity Status in Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1531-1544

  Dumas, Tara M ^a   Lawford, Heather ^b   Tieu, Thanh Thanh ^b   Pratt, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; emerging adulthood; identity; narrative; parenting

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 72149133407     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017360     Document Type: Article

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