Cultural diversity in center-based childcare: Childrearing beliefs of professional caregivers from different cultural communities in the Netherlands

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-244

  Huijbregts, S K ^a   Leseman, P P M ^b   Tavecchio, L W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childrearing beliefs; Collectivism; Cultural differences; Daycare; Individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649107686     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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