Parents' attitudes about children: Associations with parental life histories and child-rearing quality

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-199

  Daggett, Julie ^b   O'Brien, Marion ^a   Zanolli, Kathleen ^b   Peyton, Vicki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034201068     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.14.2.187     Document Type: Article

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