Correlates of parenting styles in predominantly working-and middle-class African American mothers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 881-893

  Bluestone, Cheryl ^a   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^b  

^a QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American parenting; Childrearing history; Discipline; Maternal depression; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039550847     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/354010     Document Type: Review

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