Parental monitoring and adolescent problem behaviors: How much do we really know?

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 271-281

  Keijsers, Loes ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adolescent disclosure; cross lagged model; longitudinal; parental control; Parental monitoring; parental solicitation; within person

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84966280551     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025415592515     Document Type: Article

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