Cultural Differences in the Relationship Between Parenting and Children's Behavior

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 507-522

  Ho, Caroline ^a   Bluestein, Deborah N ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavior problems; cultural differences; multilevel modeling; parenting; population data

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGGRESSION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING;

EID: 42049087168     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.507     Document Type: Article

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