Increasing husbands' involvement in domestic labor: Issues for therapists

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-223

  Rasmussen, Kipling S ^a   Hawkins, Alan J ^b   Schwab, Kenneth P ^c  

^a Whipple Heights Adol Day Treatm C   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Davis Co Mental Hlth Alcohol D   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic labor; Dual income couples; Family therapy; Husband involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030546973     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02196723     Document Type: Article

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