Sex differences in parenting behaviors in single-mother and single-father Households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1092-1106

  Dufur, Mikaela J ^a   Howell, Nyssa C ^b   Downey, Douglas B ^c   Ainsworth, James W ^d   Lapray, Alice J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Children; Early childhood; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957231787     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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