Effects of family structure, family process, and father involvement on psychosocial outcomes among African American adolescents

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-341

  Salem, Deborah A ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^b   Notaro, Paul C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Family process; Family structure; Father involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032188171     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585264     Document Type: Article

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