Mother-adolescent monitoring dynamics and the legitimacy of parental authority

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-524

  Keijsers, Loes ^a   Laird, Robert D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent information management; Disclosure; Legitimacy beliefs; Parental monitoring; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84899878997     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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