African American mothers' self-described discipline strategies with young children

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-162

  Lecuyer, Elizabeth A ^a   Christensen, Julie J ^a   Kearney, Margaret H ^a   Kitzman, Harriet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Discipline; Early childhood; Parent; Parenting; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960491673     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2011.596457     Document Type: Review

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