Child-rearing goals of Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish mothers

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-497

  Tulviste, Tiia ^a,b   Mizera, Luule ^a,b   De Geer, Boel ^b   Tryggvason, Marja Terttu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child rearing goals; Estonia; Finland; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 36249002188     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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