Deterrents to participation in parenting education

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-424

  Johnson, Debora C ^a   Harrison, Betty C ^b   Burnett, Michael F ^b   Emerson, Peter ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrents to education; Deterrents to participation; Parenting education; Participation in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997928442     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03031004004     Document Type: Article

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