Open up or close down: How do parental reactions affect youth information management?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-346

  Tilton Weaver, Lauree ^a   Kerr, Margaret ^a   Pakalniskeine, Vilmante ^a   Tokic, Ana ^b   Salihovic, Selma ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Disclosure; Information management; Parenting; Personality; Psychopathic traits; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77649192035     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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