Relations of maternal style and child self-concept to autobiographical memories in Chinese, Chinese immigrant, and European American 3-year-olds

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1794-1809

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33750920123     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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