Child-Environment Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Study of Educable Mentally Retarded Children and Their Families.

Nihira, Kazuo; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ380032

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Publication Date: 1988

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Child-Environment Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Study of Educable Mentally Retarded Children and Their Families.

Nihira, Kazuo; And Others

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v18 n3 p327-41 Sep 1988

The cross-cultural comparison of 90 families with mildly retarded children in Japan and 93 similar American families found the relation between cognitive opportunities at home and the child's social competency similar but the relation between affective aspects of the home environment and the child's psychosocial adjustment to differ between the two countries. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Mild Mental Retardation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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