Parents' goals for children: The dynamic coexistence of individualism and collectivism in cultures and individuals: Topic review

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-209

  Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Way, Niobe ^a   Hughes, Diane ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b   Kalman, Ronit Kahana ^a   Niwa, Erika Y ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Culture; Individualism; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149009055     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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