Parenting Stress, Dinnertime Rituals, and Child Well-being in Working-Class Families

Family Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-107

  Yoon, Yesel ^a   Newkirk, Katie ^a   Perry Jenkins, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Family rituals; Gender differences; Parenting stress; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920426830     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12107     Document Type: Article

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