Parent physical punishment and child aggression in a singapore chinese preschool sample

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-99

  Sim, Tick Ngee ^a,b   Ong, Lue Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chinese; Control; Punishment; Rejection; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744517448     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00007.x     Document Type: Review

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