Mother- and father-child mutuality in Anglo and Indian British families: A link with lower externalizing problems

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 609-620

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Atzaba Poria, Naama ^b   Pike, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavior problems; culture; father child relations; mother child relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCULTURATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONDON; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 8644222114     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JACP.0000047210.81880.14     Document Type: Article

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