Parenting self-efficacy among Japanese mothers

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Holloway, Susan D ^a   Suzuki, Sawako ^a   Yamamoto, Yoko ^a   Behrens, Kazuko Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 18044362773     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.36.1.61     Document Type: Article

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