Personal Storytelling as a Medium of Socialization in Chinese and American Families

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-568

  Miller, Peggy J ^a   Wiley, Angela R ^b   Fung, Heidi ^b   Liang, Chung Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIALIZATION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031154799     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01958.x     Document Type: Article

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