Parental styles and harsh parenting in a sample of Mexican women: A structural model

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Frías Armenta, Martha ^a,b   Sotomayor Petterson, Marcela ^a   Corral Verdugo, Víctor ^a   Castell Ruiz, Irasema ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b Residencial Casa Grande Sección 3   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Child punishment; Depression; Parental styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954961264     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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