Child and Mother Play in Three U.S. Cultural Groups: Comparisons and Associations

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-363

  Cote, Linda R ^a,b   Bornstein, Marc H ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child; immigrant; mother; play

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD REARING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650208760     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015399     Document Type: Article

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