Mean-level personality development across childhood and adolescence: A temporary defiance of the maturity principle and bidirectional associations with parenting

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 736-750

  Van den Akker, Alithe L ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   Asscher, Jessica ^b   Prinzie, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Development; Parenting; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925431177     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037248     Document Type: Article

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