My Mother and Me: Why Tiger Mothers Motivate Asian Americans But Not European Americans

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 739-749

  Fu, Alyssa S ^a   Markus, Hazel Rose ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; culture; interdependence; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901041831     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214524992     Document Type: Article

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