Do Personality Traits Moderate Relations Between Psychologically Controlling Parenting and Problem Behavior in Adolescents?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 381-392

  Mabbe, Elien ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a   Van Leeuwen, Karla ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84927674563     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12166     Document Type: Article

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