Mothers' and fathers' differential expectancies and behaviors: Parent × child gender effects

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-280

  Moon, Michelle ^a   Hoffman, Charles D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Gender; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849111408     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.169.3.261-280     Document Type: Article

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