Inflexible Parents, Inflexible Kids: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting Style and the Development of Psychological Flexibility in Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1053-1066

  Williams, Kathryn E ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph ^b   Heaven, Patrick C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bidirectional; Longitudinal; Parenting style; Psychological flexibility; Reciprocal; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AUTHORITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; AUTHORITARIANISM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERMISSIVENESS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864145127     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9744-0     Document Type: Article

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