Chinese and dutch parents' perceptions of their children's personality

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-178

  Zhang, Yuching ^a   Kohnstamm, Geldolph ^b   Slotboom, Anne Marie ^b   Elphick, Eric ^b   Cheung, Ping Chung ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children's personality; Five factor model; Free descriptions; Parents' perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036615571     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320209598675     Document Type: Article

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