The entrance to the maternal garden: Environmental and personal variables that explain maternal gatekeeping

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-277

  Kulik, Liat ^a   Tsoref, Hani ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Children's Mental Health Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desirability of control; Family support; Gender role ideology; Maternal gatekeeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957239611     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2010.494342     Document Type: Article

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