Parents Reap What They Sow: Child-Centrism and Parental Well-Being

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 635-642

  Ashton James, Claire E ^a   Kushlev, Kostadin ^b   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

child centrism; day reconstruction method (DRM); meaning; parent satisfaction; positive affect; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885577883     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613479804     Document Type: Article

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