Authoritarian parenting in individualist and collectivist groups: Associations with maternal emotion and cognition and children's self-esteem

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-78

  Rudy, Duane ^a,b   Grusec, Joan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child rearing attitudes; Children's self esteem; Cross cultural differences; Parent child relations; Parental control

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

AFFECT; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33646008284     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.68     Document Type: Article

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