Hair combing interactions: A new paradigm for research with African- American mothers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 504-514

  Lewis, Marva L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMB; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION; VIDEOTAPE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032699721     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080398     Document Type: Review

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