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Weisz, John R.; And Others – Child Development, 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…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cross Cultural Studies

Okagaki, Lynn; Sternberg, Robert J. – Child Development, 1993
Assessed the attitudes of 359 immigrant and native-born American parents of kindergarten through second-grade children about child rearing, education, and intelligence and their children's school performance. Found that parents' beliefs about conformity were negatively related to their children's school performance. (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Beliefs, Cambodians