" Making the Child Understand:" Socialization of Emotion in Urban India

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 847-856

  Raval, Vaishali V ^a   Martini, Tanya S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Culture; Emotion; Mixed methods; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CLASSIFICATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84255189034     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025240     Document Type: Article

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