Parenting and adolescent adjustment: The role of parental reflective function

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-174

  Benbassat, Naomi ^a   Priel, Beatriz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent adjustment; Parenting; Reflective function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL REFLECTIVE FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855589898     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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