Attitudes toward parenting strategies, potential for child abuse, and parental satisfaction of ethnically diverse low-income U.S. mothers

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-348

  Medora, Nilufer P ^a   Wilson, Stephan ^b   Larson, Jeffry H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse potential; Ethnic diversity; Low income mothers; Parental attitudes; Parental satisfaction; Parenting strategies; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035380177     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600555     Document Type: Article

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