Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-75

  Lansford, Jennifer E ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856288161     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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