Traditional and modern characteristics across the generations: Similarities and discrepancies

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-59

  Lu, Luo ^a   Kao, Shu Fang ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Generational discrepancies; Generational similarities; Individualism; Modern characteristics; Traditional characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036481273     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603884     Document Type: Article

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