Positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior in eight countries

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 824-834

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

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

^h Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA   (Colombia)

^j ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^k HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^l CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

ⁿ MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^o UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

cross national; late childhood; parenting; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JORDAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHILIPPINES; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; JORDAN; KENYA; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PHILIPPINES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949255445     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12477     Document Type: Article

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