Parental Sensitivity to Infants and Toddlers in Dual-Earner and Single-Earner Families

Nursing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-170

  Broom, Betty L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Marital quality; Parental sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032060568     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199805000-00007     Document Type: Article

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