Parenting practices and their relevance to child behaviors in Canada and China

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Liu, Mowei ^a   Guo, Feng ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child behaviors; Culture; Parenting practice

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ASSERTIVENESS; AUTHORITARIANISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COERCION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ONTARIO; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77951658319     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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