It's a Two-Way Street: The Bidirectional Relationship Between Parenting and Delinquency

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-145

  Gault Sherman, Martha ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Delinquency; Parenting; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84855691774     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9656-4     Document Type: Article

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