Pubertal timing and mexican-origin girls' internalizing and externalizing symptoms: The influence of harsh parenting

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1790-1804

  Deardorff, Julianna ^a   Cham, Heining ^b   Gonzales, Nancy A ^b   White, Rebecca M B ^b   Tein, Jenn Yun ^b   Wong, Jessie J ^b   Roosa, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Internalizing; Mexican Americans; Parenting; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY;

EID: 84883578778     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031016     Document Type: Article

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