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The psychology of parental control : how well-meant parenting backfires / Wendy S. Grolnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grolnick, Wendy S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parent and child--Psychological aspects.
- Parent and child.
- Parenting--Psychological aspects.
- Parenting.
- Control (Psychology).
- Parents--Psychology.
- Parents.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
- Summary:
- This book presents a theory of parenting that takes seriously the idea that children are agents whose capacity for self-regulation and also their willingness to follow the wishes of their parents may be undermined by well-intentioned parental practices.A
- Contents:
- 1 The Concept of Control 1
- 2 Fulfilling Children's Needs: The Self-Determination View 11
- 3 The Complexity of Control: Disentangling Parenting Dimensions 22
- 4 Overt and Covert Control 34
- 5 Differentiating the Effects of Control: Compliance Versus Internalization 51
- 6 Control in Context 68
- 7 What Makes Parents Controlling: Pressure From Above and Below 81
- 8 What Makes Parents Controlling: Pressure From Within 98
- 9 Control and Academics 118
- 10 Control and Sports 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-167) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805835407
- 0805835415
- OCLC:
- 48013213
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