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Parental Behavior

Parental Behavior is a theoretical construct in behavioral science that refers to the set of actions, practices, and interactions exhibited by a caregiver toward offspring, distinguished by its role in promoting offspring survival, development, and socialization within evolutionary and developmental frameworks.

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Parental Monitoring: A Reinterpretation

Håkan Stattin, Margaret Kerr · Child Development · 2000 · 2.3K citations

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Where is the child's environment? A group socialization theory of development.

Judith Rich Harris · Psychological Review · 1995 · 1.8K citations

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Contemporary research on parenting: The case for nature and nurture.

W. Andrew Collins, Eleanor E. Maccoby, Laurence Steinberg et al. · American Psychologist · 2000 · 1.5K citations

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Family Structure, Parental Practices and High School Completion

Nan Marie Astone, Sara McLanahan · American Sociological Review · 1991 · 1.4K citations

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Children's Reports of Parental Behavior: An Inventory

Earl S. Schaefer · Child Development · 1965 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. MH
    Marc H. Bornstein

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States

    20 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. KV
    Karla Van Leeuwen

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    14 publications · 765 citations

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  3. ES
    Earl S. Schaefer

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    13 publications · 5.3K citations

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  4. RD
    Rand D. Conger

    University of California, Davis, United States

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. RF
    Rex Forehand

    University of Georgia, United States

    12 publications · 487 citations

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    26 h-index

    82 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    25 h-index

    55 publications

    4.9K citations

  3. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    22 h-index

    45 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    21 h-index

    46 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    21 h-index

    41 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    20 h-index

    37 publications

    4.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    161 publications · 23.7K citations

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  2. Developmental Psychology

    79 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    37 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

    JACP · 36 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. Journal of Child and Family Studies

    60 publications · 2.5K citations

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