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ERIC Number: EJ574088
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
A Cross-Cultural Study of Family and Peer Correlates of Adolescent Misconduct.
Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen; Lester, Julia; Dong, Qi; Guo, Miaw-Sheue
Developmental Psychology, v34 n4 p770-81 Jul 1998
Groups of early adolescents (European Americans, Chinese Americans, Chinese from Taiwan, Chinese from Beijing) completed questionnaires about their involvement in misconduct and about family and peer characteristics. Mothers completed questionnaire about their relationships with their adolescents. Groups reported significantly different mean levels of family and peer correlates but showed strikingly similar levels and patterns of self-reported misconduct. (EV)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Chinese Americans, Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Early Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Groups, Questionnaires
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chinese People; European Americans; Taiwanese People
Note: Special Issue on: "Social and Emotional Development: A Cross-Cultural Perspective."