Chinese Adolescents' Reasoning about Democratic and Authority-Based Decision Making in Peer, Family, and School Contexts

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 783-800

  Helwig, Charles C ^a   Arnold, Mary Louise ^a   Tan, Dingliang ^b   Boyd, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHINA; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141765744     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00568     Document Type: Article

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