Commands, competence, and Cariño: Maternal socialization practices in Mexican American families

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 566-578

  Livas Dlott, Alejandra ^a   Fuller, Bruce ^a   Stein, Gabriela L ^b   Bridges, Margaret ^a   Mangual Figueroa, Ariana ^a   Mireles, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant families; Latino child development; Maternal socialization practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 77954850184     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018016     Document Type: Article

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