Parental Expressivity and Parenting Styles in Chinese Families: Prospective and Unique Relations to Children's Psychological Adjustment

Parenting

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 288-307

  Chen, Stephen H ^a   Zhou, Qing ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b   Valiente, Carlos ^b   Wang, Yun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84862966481     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2011.613725     Document Type: Article

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