Parenting stress among dual-earner mothers and fathers: Are there gender differences?

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-59

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Scarr, Sandra ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030554275     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.10.1.45     Document Type: Article

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