Why are chinese mothers more controlling than american mothers? "My child is my report card"

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 355-369

  Ng, Florrie Fei Yin ^a   Pomerantz, Eva M ^b   Deng, Ciping ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893345434     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12102     Document Type: Article

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