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Excluding Mothers-in-Law

A Research Note on the Preference for Matrilineal Advice

Bibliographic Data

ID2347105
AuthorsJonathan Marx (Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA, corresponding author), Lee Q Miller (Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA), Scott H Huffmon (Winthrop University), Scott Huffmon (Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA)
Year2011
Volume32
Issue9
Pages1205-1222
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x11402176
OpenAlexW2103515307
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited31

With whom do parents discuss medical and behavioral child-rearing questions? In a telephone survey of 167 parents (49 fathers and 118 mothers) in the southern United States, the authors found that mothers express a clear preference for their own mother's advice as opposed to that of their mother-in-law. Fathers are less likely to consult any relative and show little preference for their own mothers in seeking parenting advice. Directions for further research are discussed

Child custody · Child rearing · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Family law · Political science · Preference · Telephone survey · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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