A Study on Child-Rearing Practices in Different Cultures and Their

question 22

Multiple Choice

A study on child-rearing practices in different cultures and their effects on personality concluded that:

• A) restrictive parental practices adversely affected the mental health and emotional well-being of Arab teenagers.
• B) the effect child-rearing practices have on the development of personality is neutralized by the time an individual reaches adolescence.
• C) parents in individualistic cultures tended to be noncoercive,democratic,and permissive.
• D) Chinese mothers living in Canada were found to be less authoritarian in raising their children than non-Chinese mothers in Canada.

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