What it feels like to be a mother: Variations by children's developmental stages

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-154

  Luthar, Suniya S ^a   Ciciolla, Lucia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affluence; Middle school; Motherhood; Parenting; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING;

EID: 84952863159     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000062     Document Type: Article

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