Effect of African- and European-American maternal attitudes and limit-setting strategies on children's self-regulation

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 468-482

  LeCuyer, Elizabeth A ^a   Swanson, Dena P ^b   Cole, Robert ^a   Kitzman, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Compliance; Cumulative demographic risk; Discipline; Ethnic diversity; Limit setting; Parenting; Parenting attitudes; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255132962     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20460     Document Type: Article

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