Parents' subjective sense of calling in childrearing: Measurement, development and initial findings

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-94

  Coulson, Justin Christopher ^a   Oades, Lindsay G ^b   Stoyles, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

calling; childrearing; positive psychology; scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859495507     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2011.633547     Document Type: Article

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