Exploration of "good mother" stereotypes in the college environment

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 223-231

  Mottarella, Karen E ^a   Fritzsche, Barbara A ^a   Whitten, Shannon N ^a   Bedsole, Davina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; College women; Good mother stereotype; Motherhood; Non traditional students; Parenting students; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349177001     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9519-y     Document Type: Article

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