Father absence, menarche and interest in infants among adolescent girls

Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 560-566

  Maestripieri, Dario ^a,b   Roney, James R ^a   DeBias, Nicole ^a   Durante, Kristina M ^a   Spaepen, Geertrui M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; SINGLE PARENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENARCHE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644247422     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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