Child-mother and child-father play interaction patterns with preschoolers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 483-497

  John, Aesha ^a   Halliburton, Amy ^b   Humphrey, Jeremy ^c  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child father; child mother; play interactions; preschoolers; qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875189818     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2012.711595     Document Type: Article

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