Motivational Basis of Body Contact: A Multicultural Study of Mothers With Their Three-Month-Old Infants

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 858-876

  Hofer, Jan ^a   Schröder, Lisa ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

body contact; culture; implicit need for power; parenting behavior; socialization goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862128396     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111414418     Document Type: Article

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