The impact of culture upon child rearing practices and definitions of maltreatment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 793-813

  Ferrari, Anne M ^a  

^a The College of New Rochelle   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Ethnicity; Familism; Machismo; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036696710     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(02)00345-9     Document Type: Article

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