Teaching behaviors and styles of low-income Puerto Rican mothers

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-238

  Vargas, Maribel ^a   Busch Rossnagel, Nancy A ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751572113     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0704_2     Document Type: Article

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