Grandmaternal and Maternal Ethnotheories About Early Child Care

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Lamm, Bettina ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Yovsi, Relindis D ^a   Chaudhary, Nandita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

cultural models; ethnotheories; grandmother; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39749176238     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.1.80     Document Type: Article

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