Social Support and the Quality of Parenting under Economic Pressure and Workload in Finland: The Role of Family Structure and Parental Gender

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-418

  Leinenen, Jenni A ^a   Solantaus, Tytti S ^b   Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0141653968     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.17.3.409     Document Type: Article

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