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Dr. Mah examined cultural differences in mothers? attitudes towards parenting techniques for managing child behavior problems. She found that both Chinese-immigrant and Euro-Canadian mothers respect and intend to use behavioural techniques, but differ in their views towards punishment. This research informs strategies for promoting culturally sensitive and effective psychological interventions.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) - graduated in 2010