Parent characteristics as antecedents of maternal gatekeeping and fathering behavior

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-519

  Cannon, Elizabeth A ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a   Mangelsdorf, Sarah C ^b   Brown, Geoffrey L ^b   Sokolowski, Margaret Szewczyk ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Communion; Coparenting; Fathering; Idealization; Maternal gatekeeping; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 55949120805     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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