Parent-child conversational styles in middle childhood: Gender and social class differences

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Shinn, Lauren Keel ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Gender; Middle childhood; Parent child interaction; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249146880     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9443-1     Document Type: Article

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