Parents' social cognitions and their parenting behaviors

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3-33

  Okagaki, Lynn ^a   Bingham, Gary E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410613394     Document Type: Chapter

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