The Role of Parenting and Mother-Adolescent Attachment in the Intergenerational Similarity of Internalizing Symptoms

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 802-816

  Brenning, Katrijn ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   Braet, Caroline ^a   Bal, Sarah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attachment; Intergenerational similarity; Internalizing symptoms; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84860882519     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9740-9     Document Type: Article

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