Marital Conflict and Early Adolescents' Self-Evaluation: The Role of Parenting Quality and Early Adolescents' Appraisals

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 749-763

  Siffert, Andrea ^a   Schwarz, Beate ^a   Stutz, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children's appraisals; Early adolescents' self esteem; Marital conflict; Parenting quality; Scholastic competence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84860888653     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9703-1     Document Type: Article

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