The mediational role of parenting on the longitudinal relation between child personality and externalizing behavior

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1301-1323

  Prinzie, Peter ^a   van der Sluis, Cathy M ^a   de Haan, Amaranta D ^a   Deković, Maja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAVERSION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; AUTHORITARIANISM; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRRITABLE MOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77954501831     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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