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ERIC Number: EJ576068
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Continuities--A Search for Causal Mechanisms: Comment on the Special Section.
Patterson, Gerald R.
Developmental Psychology, v34 n6 p1263-68 Nov 1998
Reviews the eight studies in this special section. Notes that the studies: (1) make a convincing case for stability across generations; (2) propose parenting practices as a mechanism that accounts for these stabilities; and (3) examine social interactional and biological variables as possible explanations for the effect of parenting practices. (Author/BC)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Rearing, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Continuity; Cross Generational Studies
Note: Special Section: Longitudinal Studies of Intergenerational Continuity and the Transfer of Psychosocial Risk.