Cultural variations in children's coping behaviour, TV viewing time, and family functioning

International Nursing Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-195

  Chen, J L ^a   Kennedy, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coping; Culture; Family functioning; Stress; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23144467534     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2005.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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