The effects of child characteristics on parenting

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-176

  Karraker, Katherine Hildebrandt ^a   Coleman, Priscilla K ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410613394     Document Type: Chapter

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