Relations Among Parental Acceptance and Control and Children's Social Adjustment in Chinese American and European American Families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-330

  Huntsinger, Carol S ^a   Jose, Paul E ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

children's social adjustment; cross cultural; immigrant Chinese; parental acceptance; parental control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AUTHORITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650114877     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015812     Document Type: Article

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