Engaging fathers in the post-divorce family

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-267

  Braver, Sanford L ^a   Griffin, William A ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorced fathers; Father involvement; Parenting skills; Paternal authority; Post divorce conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000068866     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v29n04_02     Document Type: Article

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