Assessing parenting behaviors in Euro-Canadian and East Asian immigrant mothers: Limitations to observations of responsiveness

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-102

  Chan, Kathy ^a   Penner, Kailee ^a   Janet, W T ^a   Charlotte, Johnston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; East asian immigrant families; Maternal responsiveness; Observation; Parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953304268     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: 1545228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317101003776423     Document Type: Article

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