Parental goals and parenting practices of upper-middle-class Korean mothers with preschool children

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-75

  Park, Ju Hee ^a   Kwon, Young In ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Parenting beliefs; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649085897     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X08098354     Document Type: Article

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