Partner effects of Mexican cultural values: The couple and parenting relationships

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-192

  Yu, Jeong Jin ^a   Lucero Liu, Ana A ^b   Gamble, Wendy C ^b   Taylor, Angela R ^b   Christensen, Donna Hendrickson ^b   Modry Mandell, Kerri L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican cultural values; Parenting relationship; Relationship adjustment; Respeto; Simpat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSES;

EID: 42549167965     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.2.169-192     Document Type: Article

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