Perceived social change and childrearing attitudes in China

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 260-270

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   Bian, Yufang ^b   Xin, Tao ^b   Wang, Li ^c   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childrearing; China; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650432590     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000060     Document Type: Article

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