Does the amount of time mothers spend with children or adolescents matter?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 355-372

  Milkie, Melissa A ^a   Nomaguchi, Kei M ^a,b   Denny, Kathleen E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child outcomes; Mother child relations; Time diary methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923878686     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12170     Document Type: Article

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