Beyond Parental Control and Authoritarian Parenting Style: Understanding Chinese Parenting Through the Cultural Notion of Training

1994/08/01 by Ruth K. Chao · 1,646 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Authoritarianism #Child development #Child rearing #Control (management) #Cultural influence #Developmental psychology #Early Childhood Education and Development #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Parenting styles #Psychology #Social psychology #Style (visual arts) #Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

paper · doi:10.2307/1131308

published in Child Development 65(4), 1111 (Wiley)

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