Mothers' and fathers' reluctance to seek psychological help for their children

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-162

  Raviv, Amiram ^a   Sharvit, Keren ^a   Raviv, Alona ^a   Rosenblat Stein, Shiran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Parents' attitudes; Psychological help seeking; Service gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349086498     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-008-9215-0     Document Type: Article

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