Culture-general and -specific associations of attachment avoidance and anxiety with perceived parental warmth and psychological control among Turk and Belgian adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 593-602

  Güngör, Derya ^a   Bornstein, Marc H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment styles; Culture; Parental warmth; Peer attachment; Psychological control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTING EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTHORITARIANISM; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77956172615     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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