Parental preference for sex of newborn as reflected in positive affect in birth announcements

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Gonzalez, Alexei Quintero ^a   Koestner, Richard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth announcements; Parental preference; Pride; Sex of newborn

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744378215     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-2683-4     Document Type: Article

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