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ERIC Number: EJ460073
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Parent Reports of Behavioral and Emotional Problems among Children in Kenya, Thailand, and the United States.
Weisz, John R.; And Others
Child Development, v64 n1 p98-109 Feb 1993
Found significant cultural and racial differences in 62 of 118 behavioral and emotional problems among 308 Kenyan, Thai, African-American, and Caucasian-American 11- to 15-year-old children. Caucasian-American children were rated high on undercontrolled problems such as disobedience. Embu children in Kenya were rated high on overcontrolled problems such as guilt. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Parent Attitudes, Racial Differences, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kenya; Thailand; United States