Are gains in decision-making autonomy during early adolescence beneficial for emotional functioning? the case of the United States and China

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1705-1721

  Qin, Lili ^a   Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Wang, Qian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449202665     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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