Maternal employment: Relations with young adults' work and family expectations and self-efficacy

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1328-1353

  Riggio, Heidi R ^a   Desrochers, Stephan J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal employment; Parenting; Work expectations; Youth self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646421941     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206286558     Document Type: Article

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