Dynamics of Mothers' Goals for Children in Ethnically Diverse Populations across the First Three Years of Life

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 821-848

  Ng, Florrie Fei Yin ^a   Tamis Lemonda, Catherine S ^b   Godfrey, Erin B ^b   Hunter, Cristina J ^c   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Ethnicity; Parental attitudes; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867452748     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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