Individual Differences in Early Adolescents' Beliefs in the Legitimacy of Parental Authority

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1353-1365

  Kuhn, Emily S ^a   Laird, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous experiences; Early adolescents; Individual differences; Legitimacy beliefs; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052849475     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024050     Document Type: Article

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