Perceived parenting style and adolescent adjustment: Revisiting directions of effects and the role of parental knowledge

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1540-1552

  Kerr, Margaret ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a   Özdemir, Metin ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Authoritative parenting; Disclosure; Internalizing and externalizing problems; Parental knowledge; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84874298620     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027720     Document Type: Article

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