European American and Chinese Parents' Responses to Children's Success and Failure: Implications for Children's Responses

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1239-1255

  Fei Yin Ng, Florrie ^a   Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Lam, Shui fong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

achievement; culture; emotion; parenting; praise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548849751     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.5.1239     Document Type: Article

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