Japanese Mothers' Views of Young Children's Areas of Personal Discretion

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-179

  Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; TOKYO;

EID: 1642301532     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00661.x     Document Type: Review

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