Differentiating between confrontive and coercive kinds of parental power-assertive disciplinary practices

Human Development

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 35-51

  Baumrind, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercion; Confrontation; Parenting styles; Power assertion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONFRONTATIVE POWER ASSERTION; HUMAN; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84861901004     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337962     Document Type: Article

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