Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 434-442 , July 2010

Perceived parental rearing style in childhood: internal structure and concurrent validity on the Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran—Child Version in clinical settings

  • Eva Penelo

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut, Facultat de Psicologia-Edifici B, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain. Tel.: +34 93 581 45 22; fax: +34 93 581 20 01.
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  • Carme Viladrich
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  • Josep M. Domènech

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PII: S0010-440X(09)00095-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.08.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 434-442 , July 2010