What is the Nature of Effective Parenting? It Depends

What Can Parents Do?: New Insights into the Role of Parents in Adolescent Problem Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 239-257

  Grusec, Joan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authoritative parenting and academic achievement; Goals and Parent Reactions; Interrelatedness and connectedness; Parent centered, child centered, and relationship centered goals; Parent child and teacher child relationships; Permissive parenting style; Poor self control and academic performance; Resistance to temptation task; Self esteem, social skills, prosocial behavior, and academic achievement; Temperament, mood, age, and sex

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EID: 84889280175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774113.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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