Mother-father-child triadic interaction and mother-child dyadic interaction: Gender differences within and between contexts

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 511-521

  Lindsey, Eric W ^a,b   Caldera, Yvonne M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender socialization; Gender typed parenting; Mother child; Parent child triad

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845477892     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9106-z     Document Type: Article

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