Can a magic wand plausibly be used in serious psychological research? The complications of researching the ideal age at which to be a parent through the eyes of the child

Human Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-362

  Konečná, Hana ^a,b,c,d   Kocourková, Jiřina ^a,b,c,d   Burcin, Boris ^a,b,c,d   Kučera, Tomáš ^a,b,c,d   Davidová, Karolína ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Adam Czech Republic ^*  (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ART age limits; fertility, children's preferences of parent's age; projective techniques; research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903391582     PISSN: 12103055     EISSN: 1337401X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13374-014-0233-x     Document Type: Article

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