Maternal Control of Girls Versus Boys: Relations to Empathy and Persuasive Style with Peers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-65

  McGrath, Marianne P ^a   Zook, Joan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Gender; Maternal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751582015     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9377-4     Document Type: Article

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