All parents are to blame (except this one): Global versus specific attitudes related to parental responsibility laws

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2670-2684

  Brank, Eve M ^a   Hays, Stephanie A ^a   Weisz, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33749570809     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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