Maternal interactional quality in two cultural environments: German middle class and Cameroonian rural mothers

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-707

  Yovsi, Relindis D ^a   Kärtner, Joscha ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Lohaus, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Mother child interaction; Parenting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332771     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109335065     Document Type: Article

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