Attitudes toward working single parents: Initial development of a measure

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1030-1052

  Noble, Carrie L ^a   Eby, Lillian T ^a   Lockwood, Angie ^a   Allen, Tammy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Measure development; Single parents; Working parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044230664     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404264844     Document Type: Article

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