Parental psychological control, quality of family context and life satisfaction among Italian adolescents

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-191

  Cacioppo, Marco ^a   Pace, Ugo ^a   Zappulla, Carla ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Family functioning; Life satisfaction; Parental control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873660199     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9164-4     Document Type: Article

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