Parents' Child-rearing Values and Beliefs in the United States and Russia: The Impact of Culture and Social Class

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-121

  Tudge, Jonathan R H ^a   Hogan, Diane M ^b   Snezhkova, Irina A ^c   Kulakova, Natalya N ^c   Etz, Kathleen E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d University of North Carolina ^*

Author keywords

Beliefs; Child rearing; Russia; SES; USA; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346534461     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-7219(200006)9:2<105::AID-ICD222>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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