"I still haven't found what i'm looking for": Parental privacy invasion predicts reduced parental knowledge

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1286-1298

  Hawk, Skyler T ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Frijns, Tom ^a   Hale, William W ^a   Branje, Susan ^a   Meeus, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Parent child communication; Parental knowledge; Privacy invasion; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PARENT; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PRIVACY;

EID: 84882647592     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029484     Document Type: Article

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