Perceived and observed parenting behavior in American and Italian first-time mothers across the first 3 months

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-518

  Hsu, Hui Chin ^a   Lavelli, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity for their infants; First time mothers; Parenting behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 27944445474     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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