Perceived Maternal Parenting as a Mediator of the Intergenerational Similarity of Dependency and Self-Criticism: A Study With Arab Jordanian Adolescents and Their Mothers

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 756-765

  Ahmad, Ikhlas ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross cultural; Depression; Intergenerational; Parenting; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JORDAN; MALE; MOTHER; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JORDAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 78650737065     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021508     Document Type: Article

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