A comparison of fathers' and mothers' involvement in childcare and stimulation behaviors during free-play with their infants at 9 and 15 months

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 507-518

  Laflamme, Darquise ^a   Pomerleau, Andrée ^a   Malcuit, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fathers; infants; mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036979592     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022069720776     Document Type: Article

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