Cultural models, socialization goals, and parenting ethnotheories: A multicultural analysis

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-172

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Lamm, Bettina ^a   Abels, Monika ^a   Yovsi, Relindis ^a   Borke, Jörn ^a   Jensen, Henning ^b,g,h   Papaligoura, Zaira ^c   Holub, Christina ^d,i   Lo, Wingshan ^d   Tomiyama, A Janet ^d   Su, Yanjie ^e,j   Wang, Yifang ^e   Chaudhary, Nandita ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Lady Irvin College   (India)

^g Psychological Research Institute   (Hungary)

^h School of Social Sciences

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j Beijing Association of Psychology   (China)

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Author keywords

Culture; Ethnotheories; Familism; Independence; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944457847     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105284494     Document Type: Review

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