Parenting as the expression of sociohistorical time: The case of German individualisation

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Lamm, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 19144371618     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250544000026     Document Type: Article

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