Mothers' and fathers' behaviors toward their 3- To 4-month-old infants in lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic African American families

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 723-732

  Roopnarine, Jaipaul L ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b   Fouts, Hillary N ^c   Lewis Elligan, Tracey Y ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Caregiving behaviors; Egalitarianism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25844500214     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.5.723     Document Type: Article

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