Parents' Promotion of Psychological Autonomy, Psychological Control, and Mexican-American Adolescents' Adjustment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 620-632

  Sher Censor, Efrat ^a   Parke, Ross D ^a   Coltrane, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Mexican American; Psychological control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79953753770     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9552-3     Document Type: Article

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