Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 744-761

  Trifan, Tatiana Alina ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a   Tilton Weaver, Lauree ^a  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discipline; Gender; Marital roles; Parent child relationships; Parenting; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903710268     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12124     Document Type: Article

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