Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 174-185

  Bornstein, Marc H ^a   Putnick, Diane L ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^b   Pastorelli, Concetta ^c   Skinner, Ann T ^b   Sorbring, Emma ^d   Tapanya, Sombat ^e   Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria ^c,f   Zelli, Arnaldo ^g   Alampay, Liane Peña ^h   Al Hassan, Suha M ⁱ   Bacchini, Dario ^j   Bombi, Anna Silvia ^c   Chang, Lei ^k   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^l   Di Giunta, Laura ^c   Dodge, Kenneth A ^b   Malone, Patrick S ^m   Oburu, Paul ⁿ  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Universidad San Buenaventura   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^h ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

ⁱ HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^j SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^k CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁿ MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Culture; Fathers; Mothers; Socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JORDAN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHER; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; JORDAN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PHILIPPINES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928749061     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12084     Document Type: Article

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