Culture and Class Influences on Anglo and Puerto Rican Mothers' Beliefs Regarding Long-Term Socialization Goals and Child Behavior

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2446-2461

  Harwood, Robin L ^a   Schoelmerich, Axel ^b   Ventura Cook, Elizabeth ^c   Schulze, Pamela A ^a   Wilson, Stephanie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOALS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030256481     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01867.x     Document Type: Article

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