Father love and child development: History and current evidence

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 157-161

  Rohner, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Father love; Parental acceptance rejection theory; Paternal acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032173338     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10836851     Document Type: Article

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