Parent discipline practices in an international sample: Associations with child behaviors and moderation by perceived normativeness

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 487-502

  Gershoff, Elizabeth T ^a   Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^b   Lansford, Jennifer E ^c   Chang, Lei ^d   Zelli, Arnaldo ^e   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^f   Dodge, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 77954295719     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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