An examination of cross-racial comparability of mother-child interaction among African American and Anglo American families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 767-778

  Whiteside Mansell, Leanne ^a   Bradley, Robert H ^a   Little, Todd D ^a   Corwyn, Robert Flynn ^a   Spiker, Donna ^a  

^a Univ Affiliate Program of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Measurement comparability; Mother child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035430069     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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