Importance of fathers' parenting to African-American toddler's social and cognitive development

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 733-744

  Kelley, Michelle L ^a   Smith, Tammy S ^a   Green, Arlene P ^a   Berndt, Andrea E ^a   Rogers, Melissa C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American fathers; Sociocognitive development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005842627     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90041-8     Document Type: Article

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