Continuity in parenting strategies: A cross-cultural comparison

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-409

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Borke, Jörn ^a   Chaudhary, Nandita ^b   Lamm, Bettina ^a   Kleis, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Continuity; Cross cultural comparisons; Infancy; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950980059     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109359690     Document Type: Article

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