Community contexts: The perspectives and adaptations of working parents

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1400-1421

  Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^a   MacDermid, Shelley M ^b   Schwarz, Rona ^b,c   Matz, Christina ^a,d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d Sloan Work and Family Research Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Neighborhood relationships; Values; Working parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646422464     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206286562     Document Type: Article

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