The Interplay Between Observed Maternal Perspective Taking and Clear Expectations: Links with Male Adolescents’ Externalizing and Internalizing Problems

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 930-936

  Sher Censor, Efrat ^a   Assor, Avi ^b   Oppenheim, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clear expectations; Externalizing and internalizing problems; Mother adolescent interaction; Perspective taking; Self Determination Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892708116     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: 15732843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9903-x     Document Type: Article

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