Maternal control and sensitivity, child gender, and maternal education in relation to children's behavioral outcomes in African American families

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Briggs, Rahil D ^a   McClowry, Sandra G ^a   Snow, David L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American mothers; Gender differences; Maternal education; Mother child observations; Parenting control; Parenting sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249157344     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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