The role of parental control in children's development in western and east Asian countries

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 285-289

  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

Control; Culture; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849135502     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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