Culture, migration, and parenting: A comparative study of mother-infant interaction and childrearing patterns in romanian, romanian immigrant, and Italian families

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-25

  Moscardino, Ughetta ^a   Bertelli, Costanza ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

culture; immigrant families; Italy; parenting; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880225268     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2011-11072     Document Type: Article

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