Dimensions of mothers' and fathers' differential treatment of siblings: Links with adolescents' sex-typed personal qualities

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-89

  Tucker, Corinna Jenkins ^a   McHale, Susan M ^b   Crouter, Ann C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birth order; Differential treatment; Discipline; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037246939     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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