The Relationship of Parental Control to Youth Adjustment: Do Youths' Feelings About Their Parents Play a Role?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1442-1456

  Kakihara, Fumiko ^a   Tilton Weaver, Lauree ^a   Kerr, Margaret ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depression; Parental control; Problem behaviors; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 77957988843     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9479-8     Document Type: Article

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