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Parental Ideas of Normal and Deviant Child Behaviour

A Comparison of Two Ethnic Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Latha Hackett  and
Richard Hackett
Latha Hackett
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester
Richard Hackett*
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester
*
∗Dr R. J. Hackett, c/o R. Kesava Rao, 28/653 Chevayur, Calicut 673017, Kerala State, South India
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Abstract

The parents of Gujarati and English children were interviewed and their attitudes to a wide range of child behaviour elicited. Differences in their ideas of normal and deviant behaviour were found in areas such as conduct and bedwetting, but not in self-care.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 3 , March 1993 , pp. 353 - 357
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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