Mothers' self-reported emotional expression in Mainland Chinese, Chinese American and European American families

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 459-463

  Camras, Linda ^a   Kolmodin, Karen ^b   Yinghe, Chen ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross cultural developmental psychology; Emotion; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 50449105553     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408093665     Document Type: Article

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