Maternal Parenting Behaviors and Coping in African American Children: The Influence of Gender and Stress

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-587

  Gaylord Harden, Noni K ^a   Campbell, Cynthya L ^a   Kesselring, Christine M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Coping strategies; Economic stress; Maternal control; Maternal support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956177331     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9333-3     Document Type: Article

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