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Exploring the Effects of Low Power Schemas in Mothers

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Mothers vary in their perceptions ofpower in the parentchild relationship.Paradoxically, mothers with low perceived power tend to exert excessive control in situations ofparentchild conjlict when they find themselves with a power advantage.The purpose of the present study was to assess whether low perceived power in the context of a power advantage predicts subsequent overcontrol in mothers and internalizing symptoms in their daughters. Exploring the Effects of Low Power Schemas in Mothers

Source: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

DOI: 10.1002/cd.23219998606

Author: Rosemary S. L. Mills

Institution: University of Manitoba

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

OpenAlex ID: W2063481144

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Cites: 50

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10