Parenting as a dynamic process: A test of the resource dilution hypothesis

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 670-683

  Strohschein, Lisa ^a   Gauthier, Anne H ^b   Campbell, Rachel ^a   Kleparchuk, Clayton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family process; Growth curve analysis; Parenting styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749107906     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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