The peer group as a context: Moderating effects on relations between maternal parenting and social and school adjustment in Chinese children

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-434

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   He, Yunfeng ^b   Chang, Lei ^c   Liu, Hongyun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 17444419792     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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