Examination of the cross-cultural and cross-language equivalence of the parenting self-agency measure

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-222

  Dumka, Larry E ^a   Stoerzinger, Heather D ^b   Jackson, Kristina M ^b   Roosa, Mark W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Measurement; Mexican immigrant; Parenting; Self agency; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030111954     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585293     Document Type: Article

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