Do We See Eye to Eye? Chinese Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Beliefs and Values for Toddlers in Canada and China

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-341

  Chuang, Susan S ^a   Su, Yanjie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

child traits; Chinese; infancy; interparental agreement; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AUTHORITARIANISM; CANADA; CHILD REARING; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FATHERS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 67650132670     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016015     Document Type: Article

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