After the Wall: Parental attitudes to child rearing in East and West Germany

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-82

  Uhlendorff, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATH ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0942277031     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250344000280     Document Type: Review

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