Constructing the "good mother": The experience of mothering ideologies by work status

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 509-519

  Johnston, Deirdre D ^a   Swanson, Debra H ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology and identity; Motherhood; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750982705     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9021-3     Document Type: Article

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