Maternal autonomy- and connectedness-oriented parenting behaviors as predictors of children's social behaviors in China

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 671-689

  Liu, Mowei ^a   Chen, Xinyin ^b   Zheng, Shujie ^c   Chen, Huichang ^d   Wang, Li ^e  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Social competence; Socialization goal orientated parenting behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249139027     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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