Personality types in childhood: Relations to latent trajectory classes of problem behavior and overreactive parenting across the transition into adolescence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 750-764

  Van Den Akker, Alithe L ^a   Dekoví, Maja ^a   Asscher, Jessica J ^b   Shiner, Rebecca L ^c   Prinzie, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalizing and externalizing symptoms; Multi informant; Overreactive parenting; Person centered; Personality types

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHARACTER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PUBERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881010225     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031184     Document Type: Article

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