Parenting stress in employed and at-home mothers in Italy

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-351

  Forgays, Deborah Kirby ^a   Ottaway, Scott A ^a   Guarino, Angela ^b,c   D'Alessio, Marisa ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Center for Prevention of Tumors   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maternal employment; Parenting stress; Type A behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646758144     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012703227992     Document Type: Article

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