Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ600505
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Dependency, Self-Criticism, and Mothers' Responses to Adolescent Sons' Autonomy and Competence.
Zuroff, David C.; Thompson, Richard
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v28 n3 p365-84 Jun 1999
Examined relations between personality and parenting behavior in 78 mothers of adolescent boys. Results suggest that mothers high in dependency relate to competent sons in ways that encourage independence, but relate to their less competent sons in ways that may foster dependency by thwarting attempts at autonomy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Competence, Criticism, Dependency (Personality), Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Autonomy, Sons
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Research funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds Pour La Formation De Chercheurs et L'Aide a La Recherche.
