Parenting Across Cultures from Childhood to Adolescence: Development in Nine Countries [Hardcover]

 1.  Change over Time in Four Domains of Parenting in Diverse International Contexts: Theoretical and Methodological Introduction 2.  Four Domains of Parenting in China 3.  Four Domains of Parenting in Colombia 4. Four Domains of Parenting in Italy 5.  Four Domains of Parenting in Jordan 6.  Four Domains of Parenting in Kenya 7.  Four Domains of Parenting in the Philippines 8.  Four Domains of Parenting in Sweden 9.  Four Domains of Parenting in Thailand 10.  Four Domains of Parenting in Three Ethnic Groups in the United States 11.  Change over Time in Four Domains of Parenting in Diverse International Contexts: Specificity and Universality, Country and Culture, Determinants, Strengths and Limitations, Future Directions and Implications

This vital volume advances understanding of how parenting from childhood to adolescence changes or remains the same in a variety of sociodemographic, psychological, and cultural contexts, providing a truly global understanding of parenting across cultures.

Through the Parenting Across Cultures project, the editors unveil findings from this hugely important comparative longitudinal study of parents and children in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. The volume offers insight into trajectories of parenting, exploring parents warmth, control, rules setting, and knowledge of childrens activities and whereabouts. Each chapter is authored by a contributor native to the country examined, guaranteeing an authentic emic perspective, and together the chaptl™