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Commentary on Special Section on “Bidirectional Parent–Child Relationships”: The Continuing Evolution of Dynamic, Transactional Models of Parenting and Youth Behavior Problems

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Parent–child relationships, Parenting, Child and adolescent behavior problems, Bidirectionality, Longitudinal research

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volume

36

First Page

711

Last Page

718

Abstract

Creative and methodologically sophisticated longitudinal research on bidirectionality in parenting and child behavior can shed important new light on the dynamics of behavior-problem development. The articles assembled for this Special Section are at the forefront of efforts aimed at tracing the interplay of parenting behavior and child and adolescent adjustment problems over time. In this commentary, we provide a brief overview of thinking and research on bidirectionality and then highlight key themes and findings reported in these articles. We describe some of the challenges in research on bidirectional processes and offer some recommendations for future research in this area.

Department

Department of Psychology

Original Publication Date

7-1-2008

DOI of published version

10.1007/s10802-008-9242-8

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