Preferred parenting styles: Do Jewish and Arab-Israeli emerging adults differ?

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Dor, Asnat ^a   Cohen Fridel, Sara ^b  

^a THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural difference; Emerging adulthood; Jews and Arabs; Preferred parenting styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955093020     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-010-9092-9     Document Type: Article

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