Identity exploration in the dating domain: The role of attachment dimensions and parenting practices

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1485-1499

  Pittman, Joe F ^a   Kerpelman, Jennifer L ^a   Soto, Janet B ^a   Adler Baeder, Francesca M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent relationships; Attachment; Dating identity; Dating relationships; Identity exploration; Parent support; Psychological control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; IDENTITY EXPLORATION; INTIMACY; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84868381978     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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