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9780805835403

The Psychology of Parental Control: How Well-meant Parenting Backfires

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805835403

  • ISBN10:

    0805835407

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-08-01
  • Publisher: Psychology Pres

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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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
The Concept of Control
1(10)
Fulfilling Children's Needs: The Self Determination View
11(11)
The Complexity of Control: Disentangling Parenting Dimensions
22(12)
Overt and Covert Control
34(17)
Differentiating the Effects of Control: Compliance Versus Internalization
51(17)
Control in Context
68(13)
What Makes Parents Controlling: Pressure From Above and Below
81(17)
What Makes Parents Controlling: Pressure From Within
98(20)
Control and Academics
118(16)
Control and Sports
134(12)
Conclusions
146(7)
References 153(16)
Author Index 169(6)
Subject Index 175

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