The Mediating Role of Experiences of Need Satisfaction in Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Internalizing Problems: A Study Among Italian College Students

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1106-1116

  Costa, Sebastiano ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Gugliandolo, Maria C ^a   Cuzzocrea, Francesca ^a   Larcan, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Emerging adulthood; Parenting; Psychological needs; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930190702     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: 15732843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9919-2     Document Type: Article

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