'For me, the children come first': A discursive psychological analysis of how mothers construct fathers' roles in childrearing and childcare

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-527

  Petrassi, Daniela ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; discourse; father; feminist; gender; mother; parent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869067735     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353512442928     Document Type: Article

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