Influence of gender on parental socialization of children's sadness regulation

Social Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-231

  Cassano, Michael ^a,c   Perry Parrish, Carisa ^a   Zeman, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c 301 Little Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Parent gender; Sadness regulation; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247647666     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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