Assessing the validity of parenting measures in a sample of Chinese adolescents

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 539-544

  Supple, Andrew J ^a   Peterson, Gary W ^b   Bush, Kevin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Chinese; Cross cultural validity; Measurement; Parental control; Parental support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 4644304200     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.3.539     Document Type: Article

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