Conflicting preferences of parents and offspring over criteria for a mate: A study in Argentina

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Buunk, Abraham P ^a   Solano, Alejandro Castro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Parent offspring conflict; Parental influence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956320886     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020252     Document Type: Article

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