Aversive parenting in China: Associations with child physical and relational aggression

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 554-572

  Nelson, David A ^a   Hart, Craig H ^a   Yang, Chongming ^a,c   Olsen, Joseph A ^a   Jin, Shenghua ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

AGGRESSION; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COERCION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 33646715122     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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