Why do Adolescents Gather Information or Stick to Parental Norms? Examining Autonomous and Controlled Motives Behind Adolescents' Identity Style

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1343-1356

  Smits, Ilse ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy supportive parenting; Identity styles; Self determination theory; Underlying motives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79956232386     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9469-x     Document Type: Article

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