Psychological control in daily parent-child interactions increases children's negative emotions

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-462

  Aunola, Kaisa ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Viljaranta, Jaana ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child distress; Diary study; Negative emotions; Parenting; Psychological control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 84899665625     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: 19391293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032891     Document Type: Article

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