Fathers of girls, fathers of boys: Influence of child's gender on fathers' experience of, engagement in, and representations of paternity

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Rouyer, Véronique ^a,c   Frascarolo, France ^b   Zaouche Gaudron, Chantai ^a   Lavanchy, Chloé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Hopital de Cery   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Child's gender; Educational practices; Father; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049006470     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.66.4.225     Document Type: Article

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