The cross-cultural equivalence of parental rearing measure: EMBU-C

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Deković, Maja ^a   Ten Have, Margreet ^b   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^b,c   Pels, Trees ^d   Oosterwegel, Annerieke ^a   Wissink, Inge B ^e   De Winter, Andrea F ^f   Verhulst, Frank C ^g   Ormel, Johan ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Verwey Jonker Institute   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child rearing; Cross cultural equivalence; Immigrants; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646088712     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.2.85     Document Type: Article

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