Transitioning to adolescence: How changes in child personality and overreactive parenting predict adolescent adjustment problems

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Van Den Akker, Alithe L ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   Prinzie, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77950957388     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409990320     Document Type: Article

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