Differences in Child Rearing Attitudes between Immigrant Chinese Mothers and Anglo-American Mothers

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-189

  Wang, Chia Hui Cindy ^a   Phinney, Jean S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child rearing attitudes; Chinese mothers; Cultural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000598463     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199812)7:4<181::aid-edp169>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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