What do grandmothers think about self-esteem? American and Taiwanese folk theories revisited

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 701-721

  Cho, Grace E ^a   Sandel, Todd L ^b   Miller, Peggy J ^c   Wang, Su Hua ^d  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Folk theories; Grandmothers; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844501150     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00325.x     Document Type: Review

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