Parent's conception and experience of calling in child rearing: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-247

  Coulson, Justin ^a   Oades, Lindsay ^a   Stoyles, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

calling; child rearing; orientation; parent; parenting; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857830773     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167810382454     Document Type: Article

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